View Full Version : New Bond Car Ends up in a Lake
ScionDriver
04-20-2008, 09:39 AM
According to this, the car was being driven to the set during the rain and ended up going off a cliff into a lake. The driver had minor injuries and probably one bruised ego. I guess thats another one written-off for the movie. I just wish there were better pics.
'Bond' car plunges into Italian lake - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/20/bond.car.ap/index.html)
Gt1Street
04-20-2008, 09:44 AM
What Aston are they using this time ?
dydzi
04-20-2008, 10:14 AM
DBS
*filling up limit*
Matra et Alpine
04-20-2008, 10:52 AM
I just wish there were better pics.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/entertainment_enl_1208640064/img/1.jpg
ScionDriver
04-20-2008, 11:03 AM
I just wonder if the driver was going too fast or if it was truly an accident.
werty
04-20-2008, 11:06 AM
I find it amazing that they actually drove the car to the set! Dont high end cars like that usually get towed to the set:confused:
Matra et Alpine
04-20-2008, 11:17 AM
one-offs will ... so the special ones for the special effects ... but the standard ones will go the cheapest and that's usually getting it driven :) Besides, it's a perk for the crew --- or it WAS :(
Dantera22B
04-20-2008, 01:02 PM
Shame that it was the real deal and not a fake, rebodied Ford
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04_03/AstonCrushed2MOS_700x460.jpg
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04_03/AstonCrushedMOS_700x540.jpg
Zytek_Fan
04-20-2008, 01:05 PM
It'll buff out.
jugga
04-20-2008, 01:16 PM
haha nice find
basman007
04-20-2008, 02:04 PM
owow, that wasn't what i was expecting from the story..
NOT AGAIN!!! How many of these cars do they have to go through to make a movie.
Well, I guess that with that chopped roof the car's more aerodynamic now... (btw, the driver's ok).
I saw this on tv yesterday evening, apparently the stuntman "pushed the wrong button, the one that raises suspensions" instead of I dunno what...(:confused::confused:)
Can the raised suspensions really be the cause of THIS??
werty
04-20-2008, 02:52 PM
maybe he pushed the button in the middle of a curve with water on it....from the looks of the caved in roof, I wonder if it rolled before going over the cliff...or if the water is really shallow there???
coolieman1220
04-20-2008, 03:17 PM
i wonder if that guy will be checking into the unemployment office!
waiting for the fail banner to go up on the pic! lol
Clivey
04-20-2008, 05:29 PM
pushed the wrong button, the one that raises suspensions"
Maybe he confused it for the "submarine" button from 007's Esprit...
...he found-out what it really did when he was "Shaken, not stirred.":p
ScionDriver
04-20-2008, 10:46 PM
waiting for the fail banner to go up on the pic! lol At your service...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v476/SamHouseholder/AstonCrushed2MOS_700x460copy.jpg
fpv_gtho
04-20-2008, 10:57 PM
Too bad they werent filming at the time...
CdocZ
04-20-2008, 11:01 PM
Knowing this forum, can anyone identify what kind of Aston it is from the pics? :p
kingofthering
04-20-2008, 11:22 PM
Knowing this forum, can anyone identify what kind of Aston it is from the pics? :p
Oh ye of little faith in our intelligence. :D
fisetdavid26
04-20-2008, 11:26 PM
Maybe he confused it for the "submarine" button from 007's Esprit...
...he found-out what it really did when he was "Shaken, not stirred.":p
I lol'ed. :D
Clivey
04-20-2008, 11:40 PM
I lol'ed. :D
I aim to please. :cool:
Cotterik
04-21-2008, 09:11 AM
they're using the DBS again? not like bond to drive the same car for long..
NicFromLA
04-21-2008, 09:35 AM
It'll buff out.
HAHAHAHAHA!
NicFromLA
04-21-2008, 09:35 AM
Call me crazy, but doesn't it seem like bad publicity for Aston Martin to have James Bond keep destroying his cars or worse to have it flip over fifteen times as soon as Bond makes a sharp turn. But I guess this is showing that movie wasn't that far off and that maybe the DBS isn't that stable when you make sharp turns after all?
Matra et Alpine
04-21-2008, 10:59 AM
It depends how much is taken from the movie and how much from real life.
Get a chance to look at the making of the flipped DBS in Casion Royale.
They built a ramp and expected that to be enough at speed to flip the car.
The stunt driver basically said the suspension just absorbed it and the car kept giong :)
Ferrer
04-21-2008, 11:03 AM
I like the new Aston Martin DBS Sportback... :D
At least it looks different or something.
faksta
04-21-2008, 11:08 AM
I like the new Aston Martin DBS Sportback... :D
At least it looks different or something.
Hey, it's not Sportback, it's a Barchetta now called Aston Martin DBX-Bow
nopassn
04-21-2008, 11:15 AM
They're using the DBS again because this movie will basically pick-up where the last one left off, almost literally - so I've heard. Though the other DBS was destroyed in the movie, so they did have a chance to use a different car...
Clivey
04-21-2008, 02:06 PM
I guess they just used it again because it was still Aston's latest model at the time this movie began filming. If it were now, maybe they'd use a V12RS concept...?
NSXType-R
04-22-2008, 04:28 AM
Lower it!
Seriously, this is a bad track record, even for 007 standards, notorious for destroying gadgets.