The agent and the rattling box

Recently updated on September 11, 2023 at 01:09 am

Unlike most other government agencies around the world, the MI6 obviously has no budget issues. This is the only way to explain that his secret agents are regularly allowed to scrap expensive luxury sledges. Where the fleet managers of every private company have long since withdrawn their car keys from their employees, the British secret service turns a blind eye. Of course, this has purely strategic reasons. After all, it is part of the job description of every top spy to regularly drive up to glamorous casinos. And if you want to remain inconspicuous, you can't drive up in Monte Carlo with a VW Golf. That may seem befitting to order in the online casino Book of Ra Magic to play. In Monaco, however, an Aston Martin is the bare minimum. That is why in around 60 years of film history it rarely happens that 007 has to squeeze into the kind of scrap mill with which ordinary people sometimes travel. Every now and then, however, he does it, mostly to free himself from a difficult situation in a breakneck chase. James Bond cut the best figure in these rattling boxes.

Citroën 2CV6 (duck)

Well, when James Bond got into a yellow Citroën 2CV at the time, it wasn't really a rattling box. The duck, like the French make is lovingly called, had her big appearance in 1981 in On a deadly mission. For her film appearance, she was equipped with an engine that more than doubled the power. With Roger Moore at the wheel and a beautiful woman in the passenger seat, the duck then races across the winding streets and through the extensive olive groves on a Spanish estate. Bond girl Melina Havelock has just released James Bond from the clutches of Cuban contract killer Hector Gonzales with a crossbow hit. Now he is being chased by his henchmen. Of course, the duck wasn't exactly Bond's first choice. But if the bad guys have just demolished the Lotus Esprit with whom he traveled, the compact class must also serve.

Leyland Sherpa 240

The Leyland Sherpa was also in at the beginning of his performance The spy who loved me no rattling box yet - but at the end. Villain Jaws, who is traveling in the narrow streets of Cairo, actually treats the small van very carefully. And even when James Bond sneaks onto the loading area with a female companion, the gray block still looks good. That changes quickly when Jaws confronts them and there is a fight next to and on the Sherpa. He holds out until the two heroes have got to safety, but then it's over and he is left smoking in the desert.

Ford Bronco II XLT

The Ford Bronco II XLT was only produced from 1989 to 1990. As a dark red specimen in 2008 his appearance in A consolation of comfort so it was no longer the newest. The owner would hardly have expected to be the victim of a car thief. James Bond therefore has it easy when he brazenly takes over the car. After all, he refrains from total destruction. Perhaps the SUV and its owner were given a happy reunion - the film is silent on this.

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