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First look at new Ford Mondeo that features in Casino Royale (007)
MI6.co.uk ^ | 09/29/2006

Posted on 09/29/2006 11:59:26 PM PDT by Panerai

James Bond fans should prepare to be shaken and stirred. The normally suave secret agent, with a passion for Aston Martins and martini, seems to have developed some distinctly middleclass tastes.

In the forthcoming 007 movie Casino Royale, actor Daniel Craig temporarily abandons his £200,000 supercar for the new £20,000 Ford Mondeo - reports ThisIsLondon.

The original Mondeo had its first facelift in 1996, with a new version in 2000 and the fourth generation is due to hit showrooms in 2007. The latest edition has been given a new styling and a high quality interior - but sadly for 007 it does not include built-in rocket launchers or ejector seats.

Ford currently owns Aston Martin but has put the British luxury car-maker up for sale with a price tag of around £1billion.

However, fans should rest assured that, while he drives the Mondeo in an emergency, his main car in Casino Royale will be a specially created 200mph Aston Martin DBS coupe in its own unique colour - Casino Ice.


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 007; abortedvolvo; casinoroyale; ford; fordmondeo; jamesbond; stationwagon










1 posted on 09/29/2006 11:59:27 PM PDT by Panerai
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To: Panerai

Looks like it has more stuff that can break. When will car companies realize that MOST poeple want a cat that lasts a LONG time and doesn't "nickel and dime" them to death.


2 posted on 09/30/2006 5:01:01 AM PDT by US Navy guy
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To: Panerai
I feel dirty. I read the title and think, Cool, Ford has created a nice looking, sleek car that will be cost effective yet give the stylish appearance of an exotic.

Boy was I wrong. Looking at those pictures I think of the poor chap who drunkenly has a night of passion only to turn the lights on the next morning to see what it looks like.

Just Damn would be in order. I've seen parking blocks with better lines and carnival game booths with less cheesy gadgets.

JMO of course.

Just the thought of Bond in a station wagon give the appearance that the feminization of all things testosterone driven is complete. Let me guess, Bond in this one has a line where he says, "Bond, James Bond, and I ALLWAYS wear a ribbed condom, for her pleasure."

/s&/h

3 posted on 09/30/2006 6:34:42 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Samsonite! I was WAAAYYY off!)
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To: K4Harty
Just the thought of Bond in a station wagon give the appearance that the
feminization of all things testosterone driven is complete


I can just BARELY ALMOST see Bond driving a souped-up Dodge Magnum or
the Volvo station wagon. I mean, REALLY souped-up.
Because the Aston-Martin is temporarily in the shop.

But with the Mondeo, my first response is "Bond drives something that
looks like a Mazda? And it ain't even a Miata or a RX model!".
4 posted on 09/30/2006 6:40:00 AM PDT by VOA
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To: VOA
your preaching to the choir, brother!

I fully expect Bond to sport ruffles and a bow tie in this one.

I'm even guessing that one of the villians get a bitchslap, a snap of the finger and a "talk to the hand" comment.

5 posted on 09/30/2006 6:46:23 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Samsonite! I was WAAAYYY off!)
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To: K4Harty

Phoney car and phoney Bond (blonde).


6 posted on 09/30/2006 6:51:59 AM PDT by reg45
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To: reg45
In the book Casino Royale, James Bond drove a Bentley


7 posted on 09/30/2006 6:59:14 AM PDT by reg45
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To: reg45

I forgot about the blonde hair.


8 posted on 09/30/2006 7:04:36 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Samsonite! I was WAAAYYY off!)
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To: Panerai

Looks an awful lot like my wife's Mazda!


9 posted on 09/30/2006 9:39:30 AM PDT by oldsalt (There's no such thing as a free lunch.)
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To: Panerai
So this 'new' Bond hates guns, doesn't smoke,can't drive a stick-shift and opts for a station wagon...

WTF, over????

Ian Fleming has to be turning over in his grave....

....and Sean Connery has to be shaking his head and chuckling

10 posted on 09/30/2006 5:00:18 PM PDT by GoldCountryRedneck ("It's never too late to have a happy childhood" - unknown)
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To: oldsalt

Actually, since Ford Motor Company seems to have a preference for a particular class of people...Check it out with the National Gays & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. Ford contributed at least $25,000 to them and offers "special" discount packages to those individuals and businesses belonging to such. Now $25K is peanuts to Ford Motor Co.; however, there may be one or two of their (former) employees (out of 14,000) that did not get the buyout that they expected and may have enjoyed the $25,000.


11 posted on 09/30/2006 5:11:18 PM PDT by Y0K (New Fords Have Special Receptables In The Back Of Their New Vehicles)
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To: VOA
This Bond's car:

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

Sorry, just not impressed with this version of James Bond. Maybe in his next screen life. 

 

12 posted on 09/30/2006 5:55:28 PM PDT by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: Panerai

I'm sorry. James Bond would rather be tortured by SPECTRE than ever drive a FORD. Criminy...


13 posted on 10/02/2006 8:55:22 PM PDT by MikeD (We live in a world where babies are like velveteen rabbits that only become real if they are loved.)
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To: K4Harty
Bond, James Bond, and I ALLWAYS wear a ribbed condom, for her pleasure

Replace "for her pleasure" with "you can't be too careful," and you pretty much have a line out of one of the Gardner Bond books. Blech.

14 posted on 10/02/2006 8:56:28 PM PDT by MikeD (We live in a world where babies are like velveteen rabbits that only become real if they are loved.)
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To: Panerai
OMGLOL

We had a few threads here about the new JB being a "metro-sexual." This proves it.

15 posted on 10/02/2006 8:57:19 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: MikeD

He drove a Mustang in Diamonds Are Forever...remember the red one and the car chase through Las Vegas?


16 posted on 10/13/2006 10:08:26 AM PDT by Armedanddangerous ("Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud..." Jeff Cooper)
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