Top Gear Special-50 years of Bond Cars

Wossack

good show - had to turn it off when they got to the Skyfall stuff though.. planning on seeing it next week, and am a bit fussy bout spoilers

Daniel S

Wossack wrote: »

good show - had to turn it off when they got to the Skyfall stuff though.. planning on seeing it next week, and am a bit fussy bout spoilers

Your in for a treat alright!

Best Bond movie in my opinion anyway (and everyone I've talked to).

recyclebin

How did I not hear about this. Did BBC advertise it much?

Guess I'll have to download it off PB.

Bigcheeze

One of my favourite Bond car scenes was the Renault 11 in A View to a Kill:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9BRm9d7yqA


Ok I know it's not really a Bond car but they included a bus last night as a bond car.

BigEejit

Does iplayer not work in Ireland?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01nqc6f/Top_Gear_50_Years_of_Bond_Cars_A_Top_Gear_Special/


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Apparently not:
Have a look at this on how to get around it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWo4727wWtI

kaimera

Pretty poor I thought over all. the camo-car/van had been done in a TG episode before and I'm sure they did something with a sub (open to correction tho)

and **** them for the lengthy skyfall spoilers. jesus christ like. I felt bad for anyone watching that hadn't seen it.

Mar4ix

BigEejit wrote: »

Does iplayer not work in Ireland?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01nqc6f/Top_Gear_50_Years_of_Bond_Cars_A_Top_Gear_Special/


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Apparently not:
Have a look at this on how to get around it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWo4727wWtI

i was doing same, just used different proxy list. http://spys.ru/free-proxy-list/GB/

when proxy address applied, use this link -> http://www.whatismyip.com/ , to check and make sure it is right proxy ip address.

paddy147

Even James Bond couldnt resist the lure of an Alfa Romeo.....GTV.



As Top Gear say....."you aint a true petrol head until you have owned/driven an Alfa Romeo".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KacLjsuNumc

Niwou

paddy147 wrote: »

Even James Bond couldnt resist the lure of an Alfa Romeo.....GTV.



As Top Gear say....."you aint a true petrol head until you have owned/driven an Alfa Romeo".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KacLjsuNumc

Guess I qualify as a pure petrol head then as I have a few Alfa's in my garage.

Voodoomelon

coolisin wrote: »

Technically in tomorrow never dies the 750 is a rental car too!!
Q is pretending to be an AVIS employee and they fill out the rental form!!!

I never really thought about that, makes sense!

_Kaiser_

Watched this tonight and pleasantly surprised by how good it was. Some interesting stories behind the earlier cars and good interviews. Was it me though or did the Dalton years onwards seem rushed to make room for the extended Skyfall ad/segment?

Looking forward to seeing the film myself but I thought the way it was done detracted a bit from the rest of the show.

ofcork

Still love the lotus scene driving onto the beach and dropping the fish out the window.

Idbatterim

As they said on Top Gear, it has to be an Aston or at least a Jaguar.

lol at the jags, back in the day maybe and maybe for the britishness and character, today jag over bm?! yeah right...

Daniel S

OSI wrote: »

I'd take a Jag over a BMW any day of the week. The XF is a stunning car, as is the XJ.

+1

And I love BMW's. Wouldn't take a Jag over an M3 or M5 though! :pac:

boz13

Daniel S wrote: »

+1

And I love BMW's. Wouldn't take a Jag over an M3 or M5 though! :pac:

XFR? mmmmmm:)

Daniel S

boz13 wrote: »

XFR? mmmmmm:)

I'd take an M3/5 over an XFR I'd say.

boz13

Daniel S wrote: »

I'd take an M3/5 over an XFR I'd say.

Fair enuf wouldn't mind being in that predicament of having to choose!

the culture of deference

great show. alwaysfeel terrible watching an aston martin flipped to destruction, or getting hit by icebergs.

hammond has done some really good stand alone shows

engineering connections
invisible worlds etc

loved the underwater lotus.

Mr. Nice

I figured out that one of the roads where they filmed the DB5 is fairly close to me, so I headed out there for a spin today. Excellent drive through the mountains

challengemaster

Mr. Nice wrote: »

I figured out that one of the roads where they filmed the DB5 is fairly close to me, so I headed out there for a spin today. Excellent drive through the mountains

Pics or gtfo

Quite liked it tbh, always nice to see how things were done.

gbee

Saw it, interesting, I'm seeing too much of Hammond though, guess he'll be doing Fifth Gear with Collins soon.

CianRyan

Mr. Nice wrote: »

I figured out that one of the roads where they filmed the DB5 is fairly close to me, so I headed out there for a spin today. Excellent drive through the mountains

You can recreate it with your Legacy.

Mr. Nice

challengemaster wrote: »

Pics or gtfo

I'll post a few as soon as I get them off the camera and converted to JPEG. It was Col de Vence. Drove that pass and came down the Gorges du Loup. Some nice metal out there too - I posted a short vid on the YooToob and HWIST threads.

Mr. Nice

This will have to do for now...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxbl6HE032Y

cup of tea

This is on rte 2 now, if anyone missed it before