Underutilized Bond Cars

Firemass

Which Bond cars do you feel didn't get enough screen time or weren't used to their full potential?

It's interesting to note that Brosnan got a fresh new car from Q in all 4 of his Bond films.
I think Dalton only got 1 (TLD) , Moore got 2 (TSWLM & FYEO) , and Sean only got 1 (GF).

George had the DBS, but it wasn't given an intro by Q so there were no real expectations for it.

Here's my list in no particular order:

- The white Lotus Turbo in FYEO is the most deliberate example and I love it for this reason. (leading to the classic underpowered Citroen chase) However, the replacement RED winterized Lotus was never given any serious challenges. Just some basic transportation duties.

-The BMW Z8 in TWINE. Director Michael Apted mentioned that he didn't want to try and outdo the great BMW chase in TND so he opted to quickly destroy the car instead. However, that motive is not as good as the one in FYEO . "Q's not going to like this"

-The blue BMW in Goldeneye. Sidewinder missiles behind the headlights? Too bad we never see it in action.
This car should not have even been included in the film. Especially since there was already the great recreational Ferrari/Aston Martin chase and the T-55 tank chase.

-The Aston Martin DBS in Casino Royale. Most of the action took place in the car park with Craig utilizing the glove compartment. Once on the highway, the car was destroyed almost immediately as he swerved to avoid Vesper.

I won't say the DB5 in Goldfinger was underutilized, but the nighttime chase around Goldfinger's factory is slightly disappointing. Racing around at high speeds without actually going anywhere and then crashing into a wall was a bummer. The Switzerland driving scenes with Tilly M. were much better.

Mr_Osato

Agree 100%, especially with Goldeneye. You get the whole explanation about the car, and the only thing you see back is a 3 second ride in Cuba. Pure product placement.

Also the Z8 in TWINE is underused. Dissapointing, because both Beamers were nice cars, although not Aston Martin's of course.

Thunderpussy

IMHO, there where too many cars in the Brosnan era every film there was a new "Gadget filled " car.
I much rather have the car as a special treat every 12 or so years.

sniperUK

Firemass wrote:

-The blue BMW in Goldeneye. Sidewinder missiles behind the headlights? Too bad we never see it in action.
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I would have loved to see that )

RogueAgent007

sniperUK wrote:

Firemass wrote:

-The blue BMW in Goldeneye. Sidewinder missiles behind the headlights? Too bad we never see it in action.
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I would have loved to see that )

I think they were Stingers, not Sidewinders. Still too big for a Z3 fender, but smaller than that beast! And the Z3 and Z8 probably suffer the most disappointing lack of use, IMHO.

Napoleon Plural

I agree, I don't want a car every film. The action gets repetitive.

I think there was an action scene storyboarded for the GE BMW but budget restrictions said no.

The Aston in TB is a bit underutilsed as the Count Lippe chase is naff and obviously filmed on a flippin' race track! They should have shut down a lovely scenic country road and have a bit of a winding chase as Lippe becomes increasingly desperate to get his man and then having failed past a certain point, is taken out by Fiona lying in wait with her bike.

Le Samourai

I thought the Z3 in GE was the most underutilized Bond car. There was so much hype about it before the movie came out and so much "Bond in a BMW" talk. Then the movie comes out, and it's barely in the picture. Shame too, because I'm rather partial to Z3s. They are one of the few roadsters that can comfortably accommodate my 6'3" frame.

PPK 7.65mm

@ Rogue Agent 007 yes the missiles the Z3 in Goldeneye was armed with were Stingers according to Q.

I agree that both the BMW Z3 and the Z8 were not used as much as they could have been, considering how much money BMW offered Eon productions to showcase their cars. As for the Lotus in FYEO, I am guessing that the reason we did not see it used more was likely due to the fact that Cubby Broccoli wanted to return James Bond to his roots and have him use his wits rather than gadgets to get out of trouble unlike Moonraker were Bond seemed to have a gadget to get him out every situation.