Zusatztext From back cover 50 legendary cars from 25 James Bond movies The vehicles featured in this book were driven by - or pursued - the world's most celebrated spy. Stylish! fast! and especially equipped with state-of-the-art gadgets! each detailed graphic shows the key features that set them among the world's greatest cars. With facts and figures plus their key scenes and stunts! these are the cars that made Bond history. Informationen zum Autor Ben Robinson Klappentext 50 legendary cars from 25 movies! Includes the cars from the newest No Time to Die movie starring Daniel Craig and Rami Malek. The perfect holiday gift for the James Bond fan in your life! The vehicles featured in this book were driven by - or pursued - the world's most celebrated spy. Stylish, fast, and specially equipped with state-of-the art gadgets, each is rendered in full color showing the key features that set them among the world's greatest cars. With facts and figures plus their key scenes and stunts, these are the cars that made Bond movie history. The James Bond film series is one of the longest continually-running film series in history, having been in on-going production from 1962 to the present. In that time Eon Productions has produced 24 films, with the 25th - "No Time to Die" releasing November 2020. With a combined gross of over $7 billion to date, the films produced by Eon constitute the fifth-highest-grossing film series. Six actors have portrayed 007 in the series, the latest being Daniel Craig. SUNBEAM APLINE Bond hires a sleek Sunbeam Alpine to get around in Jamaica. What the Series II lacks in Q Branch extras, it more than makes up for in speed and sporting style. FOR HIS FIRST cinematic car chase, 007 relies on his superior driving skills and the lively handling of his rented lake blue Series II Sunbeam Alpine convertible. Chased along Jamaica's cliff roads by Dr. No's assassins, Bond easily outdrives the 'Three Blind Mice' who are pursuing him appropriately enough in a hearse. Produced by Rootes Group between 1960 and 1963, the Series II Alpine featured an enlarged engine and revised rear suspension. It was replaced by the Series III in 1963. The vehicle used in Dr. No was borrowed from a Jamaican resident and was one of only a few sports cars on the island. MOON BUGGY Bond has driven some unusual vehicles, but none more so than the moon buggy of Diamonds Are Forever a machine based on the real-life lunar rover. WHEN 007 NEEDS to escape from Willard Whyte's research laboratory (where Blofeld's satellite is being built) across the lunar-like landscape of the Nevada desert, the Bond filmmakers took NASA's newsworthy moon buggy vehicle as their inspiration. Bond's buggy shared certain features with the real lunar rover such as the large, all-terrain wheels but it was built for speed and cinematic appeal. ASTON MARTIN DBS Elegant and powerful, the 1968 Aston Martin DBS was the perfect car for a new Bond. Free of gadgets, it proved to be a memorable vehicle for George Lazenby's 007. IN ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE, Bond's car returned to being just that a car, with no additional gadgetry or weapons, except one standard sniper rifle. The DBS appears at the beginning of the film, when Bond meets his future wife Tracy, and in the film's final tragic scene, when he drives from his wedding in Portugal, only to be attacked on a coastal road by Blofeld and Irma Bunt. Bond drives a DBS once more in Casino Royale (2006), a magnificent reimagining of the classic car. TRIUMPH STAG Going undercover as diamond smuggler Peter Franks, 007 commandeers his criminal alter ego's Triumph Stag to drive to Tiffany Case's apartment in Amsterdam. IN DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, Bond drives to Amsterdam in Franks' con...

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**50 legendary cars from 25 James Bond movies

**The vehicles featured in this book were driven by - or pursued - the world's most celebrated spy. Stylish, fast, and especially equipped with state-of-the-art gadgets, each detailed graphic shows the key features that set them among the world's greatest cars.

With facts and figures plus their key scenes and stunts, these are the cars that made Bond history.

Autorentext
Ben Robinson has been working with EON productions for over 15 years and has written extensively on film and television. As the editorial lead for the Eaglemoss Hero Collector line, Ben directs the team in developing pop-culture books featuring top brands from film and television. Ben and the Hero Collector creative team are based in London, England.

Klappentext

50 legendary cars from 25 movies! Includes the cars from the newest *No Time to Die* movie starring Daniel Craig and Rami Malek.

The perfect holiday gift for the James Bond fan in your life!

The vehicles featured in this book were driven by - or pursued - the world's most celebrated spy. Stylish, fast, and specially equipped with state-of-the art gadgets, each is rendered in full color showing the key features that set them among the world's greatest cars.

With facts and figures plus their key scenes and stunts, these are the cars that made Bond movie history.

The James Bond film series is one of the longest continually-running film series in history, having been in on-going production from 1962 to the present. In that time Eon Productions has produced 24 films, with the 25th - "No Time to Die" releasing November 2020. With a combined gross of over $7 billion to date, the films produced by Eon constitute the fifth-highest-grossing film series. Six actors have portrayed 007 in the series, the latest being Daniel Craig.

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SUNBEAM APLINE
Bond hires a sleek Sunbeam Alpine to get around in Jamaica. What the Series II lacks in Q Branch extras, it more than makes up for in speed and sporting style.

FOR HIS FIRST cinematic car chase, 007 relies on his superior driving skills and the lively handling of his rented lake blue Series II Sunbeam Alpine convertible. Chased along Jamaica’s cliff roads by Dr. No’s assassins, Bond easily outdrives the ‘Three Blind Mice’ who are pursuing him – appropriately enough – in a hearse.

Produced by Rootes Group between 1960 and 1963, the Series II Alpine featured an enlarged engine and revised rear suspension. It was replaced by the Series III in 1963. The vehicle used in Dr. No was borrowed from a Jamaican resident and was one of only a few sports cars on the island.

MOON BUGGY
Bond has driven some unusual vehicles, but none more so than the moon buggy of Diamonds Are Forever – a machine based on the real-life lunar rover.

WHEN 007 NEEDS to escape from Willard Whyte’s research laboratory (where Blofeld’s satellite is being built) across the lunar-like landscape of the Nevada desert, the Bond filmmakers took NASA’s newsworthy moon buggy vehicle as their inspiration. Bond’s buggy shared certain features with the real lunar rover – such as the large, all-terrain wheels – but it was built for speed and cinematic appeal.

ASTON MARTIN DBS
Elegant and powerful, the 1968 Aston Martin DBS was the perfect car for a new Bond. Free of gadgets, it proved to be a memorable vehicle for George Lazenby’s 007.

IN ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE, Bond’s car returned to being just that – a car, with no additional gadgetry or weapons, except one standard sniper rifle. The DBS appears at the beginning of the film, when Bond meets his future wife Tracy, and in the film’s final tragic scene, when he drives from his wedding in Portugal, only to be attacked on a coastal road by Blofeld and Irma Bunt.

Bond drives a DBS once more in Casino Royale (2006), a magnific…