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.
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.
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
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.
Phoney car and phoney Bond (blonde).
I forgot about the blonde hair.
Looks an awful lot like my wife's Mazda!
WTF, over????
Ian Fleming has to be turning over in his grave....
....and Sean Connery has to be shaking his head and chuckling
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.
Sorry, just not impressed with this version of James Bond. Maybe in his next screen life.
I'm sorry. James Bond would rather be tortured by SPECTRE than ever drive a FORD. Criminy...
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.
We had a few threads here about the new JB being a "metro-sexual." This proves it.
He drove a Mustang in Diamonds Are Forever...remember the red one and the car chase through Las Vegas?
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