April 1st 2008
James Bond To Kick Off Next Film Driving A Fuel-Efficient Ford
No joke!
Filed under: cars-houses, transport — Michael Andre d'Estries @ 3:09 pm
If you thought James Bond, played by actor Daniel Craig, was leaving behind the days of driving small, fuel-efficient vehicles (as seen in the last Bond film), think again. In the opening chase sequence of the next film titled Quantum of Solace, Bond takes off in an entry-level three-door hatchback called the Ford Ka. Of course, nevermind the fact that Ford paid about € 22.5 million to be featured in Bond’s movies — or that the fuel-hungry Aston Martin shows up later. We’re just happy to be seeing something high on the MPG side of things making a cameo — and saving the world. From the article,
“In new movie The Quantum Of Solace, the secret agent - who’s usually seen behind the wheel of an Aston Martin - drives a dinky £8,000 Ford Ka. ‘When the Ka arrived on set everyone thought it was a wind-up,’ a source tells the News Of The World. ‘Bond is famous for his high-powered flash motors. It’s part of the man’s make-up, but this isn’t sexy. Daniel knew he was getting a ribbing from the crew. The good news is that James will be back in an Aston later in this film.’”
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What a tremendous opportunity to showcase a fuel efficient vehicle to the masses. This makes James even HOTTER than ever to us Green Girls! Mm,mm,mm!
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I don’t want my Bond driving a fuel-efficient anything… I want Bond to be driving a modified Tesla running on atmospheric ZPE electrons, just as its namesake intended!
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