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James Bond crashes yet another Aston Martin

May 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Once again, a DBS met its maker on a James Bond shooting. Following the several ones destroyed during the rollover scene in Casino Royale and the one which wasn’t supposed to take a fatal bath in the Lake Garda on the set of [...]

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Shooting of Quantum of Solace suspended after second car crash.

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments

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Maybe it’s Murphy’s law, maybe it’s the road around Lake Garda, but just days after a stunt man and his DBS ended up in the aforementioned lake (see our
article), two of his colleagues crashed an Alfa Romeo [...]

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Tags: James Bond · News · Stunt

Daniel Craig explains Quantum of Solace

April 24th, 2008 · No Comments

The new James Bond was being interviewed by the BBC, on the set of the Pinewood studios. It gives a glimpse of the story and some footage!

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James Bond stunt goes wrong: a DBS in lake Garda.

April 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

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While shooting a stunt for Quantum of Solace, the next Bond, the stuntman lost control of the Aston Martin DBS and ended up in the lake beyond. Thanksfully, the driver suffers only minor injuries, which is crazy considering how badly damaged [...]

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Aston Martin DBS in Quantum of Solace

April 16th, 2008 · No Comments

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We’re not too keen on using Autoblog as a source so often, but they do have great articles, and we like to share some of them with you. Tuesday, they posted two “spy” videos from the set of
Quantum of Solace, [...]

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Tags: James Bond · Movie car · News · Product placement

Quantum of Solace (a.k.a Bond 22) wallpapers

March 26th, 2008 · No Comments

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We found those wallpapers on
007.com, the official Bond website. They’re just teasers, but you can already tell that there’s a big change coming: Bond has ditched the traditional Walther PPK handgun for an automatic. He’s definitely out for revenge…

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James Bond to drive a Ford Ka in Quantum of Solace

March 24th, 2008 · No Comments

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Rest assured, we’re not talking about his real ride. As we stated before (read
James Bond in the carpool lane), the Aston Martin DBS from Casino Royale will come back for the lead.
But, just like in this previous movie with the [...]

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Rinspeed sQuba: The Spy Who Still Loves Me

February 26th, 2008 · No Comments

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What would you do if you were a devoted fan of
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), had plenty of money and a car convertion/fabrication company to promote? Well, you would come up with [...]

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Tags: James Bond · Movie car · News · Transforming vehicles

Bond’s couch

February 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The guys at
Aston Martin Heritage Design, who typically create custom parts for the famous British cars, used their craftsmanship on something more unusual: a couch shaped as a DB6 rear end. It’s all handmade and would probably please hard-core Bond fans (we’ll [...]

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Tags: James Bond · Merchandising · Movie car

Sunday ads: Peugeot 205 GTI, Bond style

January 27th, 2008 · No Comments

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Today we introduce a new section: Sunday ads. Every sunday we will present a new commercial, vintage or contemporary, good or bad… The only rule: it must have a cinematic quality or make a reference to a movie.

To kick things out, [...]

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