James Bond swaps Aston Martin for a Mondeo

salil_kulkarni · 4th May 2006, 16:04

Official confirmation from Aston Martin....No Mondeo!!!
James Bond will be using the Aston Martin DBS which is derived from a mix of the Aston Martin DB9 road car and the Aston Martin DBR9 race car.

More details with pictures of the car can be found here

http://www.globalautoindex.com/news.plt?no=1455&nl=y

Article courtesy : Global Auto Index

sridhar24 · 4th May 2006, 22:56

Mondeo isn't the car for Bond's Casino Royale, its the Aston martin DBS.

-http://www.channel4.com/4car/news/ne...?news_id=14497

1Day · 5th May 2006, 00:34

like i said before...its the DBS...i thouht it was going to be a prototype to replace the next vanquish...but it doesnt look that big..is it still something of a DB9 relative? more than a vanqish successor?

btw whatever it is..its looks hot..that chanel tweed on the seats like the LP640 are to die for...

will this car be for sale

devarshi84 · 5th May 2006, 02:38

good to hear this. A ford mondeo can certainly not come near aston Martin.

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salil_kulkarni BHPian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Turin, Italy Posts: 173 Thanked: 4 Times	Official confirmation from Aston Martin....No Mondeo!!! James Bond will be using the Aston Martin DBS which is derived from a mix of the Aston Martin DB9 road car and the Aston Martin DBR9 race car. More details with pictures of the car can be found here http://www.globalautoindex.com/news.plt?no=1455&nl=y Article courtesy : Global Auto Index
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sridhar24 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 1,046 Thanked: 88 Times	Mondeo isn't the car for Bond's Casino Royale, its the Aston martin DBS. -http://www.channel4.com/4car/news/ne...?news_id=14497
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1Day Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chicago/Delhi Posts: 1,360 Thanked: 4 Times View My Garage	like i said before...its the DBS...i thouht it was going to be a prototype to replace the next vanquish...but it doesnt look that big..is it still something of a DB9 relative? more than a vanqish successor? btw whatever it is..its looks hot..that chanel tweed on the seats like the LP640 are to die for... will this car be for sale Last edited by 1Day : 5th May 2006 at 00:39.
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devarshi84 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ahmedabad - Tor Posts: 4,024 Thanked: 211 Times View My Garage	good to hear this. A ford mondeo can certainly not come near aston Martin.
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