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  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    Sure, but look how modest: 2 tiny exhaust pipes on one side. Unthinkable of nowadays.
  • UnivexUnivex
    edited June 2020 Posts: 6,677
    mtm wrote: »
    It's got a busy front end but the rest of it is fairly simple and actually has some subtle curves for a change. I quite like it.

    Some countries are getting a regular, non-M version which has a slightly simpler front end:

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    Doesn't it look like someone put duct tape in the car's mouth so he couldn't talk?

    Surrealist comment, I know, but my impression nonetheless.

    ;)
    zebrafish wrote: »
    Agreed. And it was soon to be surpassed by this piece of art:

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    A beauty they tried to revisit with this other beauty:

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    The new grills would work better in past designs. This guy made a cool render:

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    zebrafish wrote: »
    Sure, but look how modest: 2 tiny exhaust pipes on one side. Unthinkable of nowadays.

    Done! ;)
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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 14,945
    Right, here's a question which has only just come to my attention :)

    The soundtrack to David Arnold's Casino Royale has a track entitled 'Aston Montenegro' (because Bond drives his Aston Martin in Montenegro at this point). But is that title a pun on... Austin Montego? :D
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 14,945
    Nice photos of the completed new Goldfinger DB5 here:

  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    Posts: 7,969
    Cool!
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
    Posts: 3,106
    I had the pleasure of going past this on the London-bound A3 yesterday evening. 1961 DB4 in California Sage (according to Aston Martin's website):

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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 14,945
    The exact same car? How funny.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
    Posts: 3,106
    Yeah, I looked up the reg when I got home because I don't know my cars that well (knew it wasn't a DB5, but that was all). Everything is on the internet these days!!
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited July 2020 Posts: 14,945
    Ah great, looks like it has racing seats so must get some track action.

    There's a little video of the Goldfinger car now:



    Complete with a cheeky insert of one of the NTTD stunt 'Astons'! :)
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Ha! Obviously Lotus are feeling left out so they've tried to get in on the Bond act by celebrating the birthday of the Esprit's appearance in TSWLM :)

  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    Posts: 7,969
    mtm wrote: »
    Ha! Obviously Lotus are feeling left out so they've tried to get in on the Bond act by celebrating the birthday of the Esprit's appearance in TSWLM :)


    Let's say, that's just not playing it by their strengths....
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 14,945
    How do you mean? The new one?
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    Posts: 7,969
    mtm wrote: »
    How do you mean? The new one?

    As in it's a cheap shot to get a new car connected to an icon (Bond) without the official backing. In other words: they don't have the marketing budget.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    Posts: 13,006
    Could have at least named it Naomi. Or Anya.
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,806
    Today, I was going to pick up some meds, when I found a Land Rover Series III. Big, long, high on wheels. The old model, before the Defender. Now, if I want to do some off-road driving, that would be my car of choice.
  • OctopussyOctopussy Piz Gloria, Schilthorn, Switzerland.
    edited July 2020 Posts: 1,081
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    Massive fail, IMO.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 14,945
    Looks good to me. I think it’ll age well.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    Posts: 7,969
    nope. just... nope....
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    Posts: 2,353
    mtm wrote: »
    Ha! Obviously Lotus are feeling left out so they've tried to get in on the Bond act by celebrating the birthday of the Esprit's appearance in TSWLM :)


    I wonder when bond will drive an electric car ?
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
    Posts: 3,106
    007InAction wrote: »
    I wonder when bond will drive an electric car ?

    When a sufficiently lucrative sponsorship deal is offered.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    Posts: 2,353
    Agent_99 wrote: »
    007InAction wrote: »
    I wonder when bond will drive an electric car ?

    When a sufficiently lucrative sponsorship deal is offered.

    More like product placement(advertising), than sponsorship.

    Did eon get any money from aston martin for the db5 and dbs that were used in NTTD ?
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
    Posts: 4,312
    I can't help it, but I really am a fan of Giugiaro's clean lines and surfaces.

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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited July 2020 Posts: 14,945
    007InAction wrote: »
    Agent_99 wrote: »
    007InAction wrote: »
    I wonder when bond will drive an electric car ?

    When a sufficiently lucrative sponsorship deal is offered.

    More like product placement(advertising), than sponsorship.

    Did eon get any money from aston martin for the db5 and dbs that were used in NTTD ?

    I don't think they get money as such, but the firms provide the cars I think at no expense to the film. With the DB5 replicas in this one that would obviously be quite a huge saving as there's an awful lot of work gone into creating them.

    I think they've said that they don't get any cash from any of the product placements, the firms (like say Heineken for example) just get to appear in the film and in return they promote the movie on pack and in their own adverts etc. I think it's a mutually beneficial arrangement to the extent that no-one has to actually pay the other for it. So they say, anyway.
    007InAction wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    Ha! Obviously Lotus are feeling left out so they've tried to get in on the Bond act by celebrating the birthday of the Esprit's appearance in TSWLM :)


    I wonder when bond will drive an electric car ?

    Well he supposedly drove a Hydrogen powered Ford Edge in QoS (although I think that was fictional), and the Aston Valhalla in NTTD is a hybrid, although it's unclear whether he drives it. He'll have an electric car soon, it's pretty inevitable.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    As will everybody else, unless hydrogen makes a miraculous comeback.
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
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    Lucky for us, Europe won't get this facelifted Lexus IS... :D
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Do you find it hugely ugly? Just looks like a pretty average car to me.
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
    Posts: 3,497
    Yeah it's very ugly imho...

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  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
    Posts: 4,312
    The front looks like a vacuum cleaner, the rest is OK.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    edited July 2020 Posts: 2,353
    CommanderRoss wrote: »
    As will everybody else, unless hydrogen makes a miraculous comeback.

    I read somewhere that toyota prefer hydrogen rather than electric powertrains.

    Maybe that's why they haven't got a EV at the moment ???
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    Posts: 2,353
    JamesCraig wrote: »
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    Lucky for us, Europe won't get this facelifted Lexus IS... :D

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    It's almost as ugly as the updated camry.

    Toyota and lexus cars used to look fine but now their cars designs are crazy ugly.
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