Comments on: Bond Cars: Goldfinger

By: Brian Driggs

Brian Driggs — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:52:50 +0000

I totally agree. Just as there's a nostalgia for Connery as Bond, seeing
the vintage Aston Martin was a real treat in Goldeneye. Posing it with a
modern Ferrari (355 F1, right?) was a nice touch. The growl of the
carburetted Aston paired with the fuel injected Italian mill was a real
treat.

By: allexiss

allexiss — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:56:27 +0000

Apart from being a Ferrari, it belongs to Xenia Onatopp, who races Bond in his Aston Martin DB5 — in the mountain roads above Monte Carlo. It lends Goldeneye one of the best engine notes ever heard on film, but we tip our hat to the driver, Ms Onatopp: her lipstick matches the car.inchirieri auto

By: DR1665

DR1665 — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:52:50 +0000

By: allexiss

allexiss — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:56:27 +0000

By: Endless Monkeys

Endless Monkeys — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:24:13 +0000

In virtually every Bond movie, the car is pretty much the unofficial co-star of the production. Honestly, my favorite is still the Lotus Esprit Moore sports in "For Your Eyes Only." Specifically, the red-ish one he rolls up in front of the lodge with. Don't get me wrong, the Esprit needed the damn turbo because it was a bloated pig of a car, but FYEO was the first Bond flick I ever saw and, frankly, the cars grabbed me instantly.

As far as Connery's run at Bond, I think that the ultimate car he got set up with is the Aston Martin you mentioned at the start of this post. It's an outstandingly well-designed car (the regular car of course, Q's awesomeness is pretty much a given no matter what) and it looks as good going as it does just sitting there. Plus there is the considerable legacy of the sheer brutality of the Aston Martin's power plant. If it weren't for the fact that I had more love for Lambos (I like angular, go fig), I'd probably be all over the AMs as a my "Dream Car."

And then there's the Lotus. Honestly, if I were rich enough to have my Lambo already, my next target would be an Esprit Turbo. Long nose, no ass, birthing hips, guttural exhaust note, enough torque to murder your entire family and the neighbors, too. Lotus: Pretty is Pointless...

Except the Exige...