‘Spectre” James Bond “007” The Cars
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The Cars
Spectre is the 1st Bond film for which Aston Martin built a car specifically.
The new Aston DB10 is a prototype based on a modified Vantage, with a longer wheelbase and a 4.7-litre V8 engine. It has a top speed of 190 mph and can get from Zero to 60 mph in 4.7 secs, according to Aston Martin.
The DB10’s nose is shark-inspired, to hint at the car’s stealthy character, and all its body panels are carbon fiber with a full clamshell hood and a heat-mapped perforation pattern, which negates the need for vents.
“I wanted a car that had clean, clear lines,” director Mendes said in production notes.
In the film, Q says it cost £3-M, or about $4.6-M. That include the upgrades like rear-mounted flame-throwers, bullet-proofing, and an immediate-ejector seat.
The villain Mr. Hinx’s Jaguar is the C-X75 spots a combined power output of 850 hp on a Formula 1-inspired, 1.6-litre turbocharged and supercharged 4-cylinder engine. It has a 7-speed transmission, and the car can go from Zero to 100 mph in fewer than 6 secs.
According to production notes, the first C-X75 prototype exceeded 200 mph in testing.
“The Jag was so powerful that we had to tone down the engine so the throttle response wasn’t so aggressive,” said Spectre stunt coordinator Gary Powell, 7 Jaguars were used to film the Rome chase scene.
Elsewhere in the film
James Bond gets picked up in a 1948 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith and drives a DB5 (the Bond car from Goldfinger was sold by RMSotheby (NYSE:BID) Auctions for $4.6-M in Y2010).
The Austria car chase required 11 Land Rover Defenders Big Foots($100,000-plus, considering the fact that they were specially made) and 7 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVRs ($111,000 each, plus upgrades), all of which were heavily modified.
The villain Oberhauser has a couple of Mercedes-Benz G-Wagons ($219,000) at his disposal.
There is a scene at Blenheim Palace that doubles as the location of the Spectre group meeting in Rome.
The parking lot there are rare vehicles that set designers used to “paint a picture of the mafia types that would be attending the meeting,” they said, including a Porsche 956 Group B Homologation car ($275,000), a full carbon fiber Bugatti ($2.5-M), concept XJ Jaguars, an Aston Martin Lagonda ($300,000), and a handful of other supercars, including Ferrari 458 Speciales ($300,000), McLarens ($265,000), and Mercedes roadsters ($130,000+).
Filming the car chases in Rome and in the mountains and woods complicated matters considerably.
In Rome, filmmakers shut down Key portions of the city, including a section alongside the Tiber looking toward St. Peter’s Square and the Coliseum. That chase alone used 8 Aston Martins and 7 Jaguars driven at 100 mph by stunt pros.
In the mountains, those Land Rovers were towed more than 3,000 meters up the mountain by snowmobiles, since there was no road access.
All told, the production crew blew up $48-M worth of cars in this James Bond thriller.
Mr. Glassner says it was all worth it.
“Our influence on this movie was Skyfall—we had to top that,” he said. “It’s also about honoring a franchise. Every day I would think, ‘What would the audience want to get out of this?’ I do it for you guys.”
Have some fun, see a movie this weekend.
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Paul Ebeling
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