![]() Fitted with both a supercharger and a turbocharger, it produced impressive power for its size: 502bhp at 10,000rpm. This included a 1.6 litre all-aluminium petrol motor developed in-house by Jaguar. This was replaced by Jaguar at the prototype stage with an plug-in hybrid powerplant. As reported by Autocar, the Jaguar was originally powered by a complex system that included Bladon Jets omnivore jet turbines. While the appearance of the Jaguar has remained relatively unchanged, beneath the body work the vehicle has been substantially modified - several times - since the Paris concept car. Intended to be Jaguar’s answer to supercars from Ferrari, McLaren and Porsche, five working prototypes were developed before the company decided in December 2012 not to put the car into production as a result of the global economic climate. ![]() As Sam Mendes commented, “I love the idea of this fantastic car being in a sort of one on one battle, with another incredible car from Jaguar, which is similarly extraordinary actually”.ĭeveloped in partnership with Williams Advanced Engineering, the C-X75 was unveiled as a concept at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. In the official film trailer the Aston Martin can be seen racing through the streets of Rome at night while being chased by another distinctive and equally rare sports car, the Jaguar C-X75. While SPECTRE was filmed in a range of glamorous locations globally, including the remote Austrian alps and Morocco, like Bond himself the majority of the cars featured in the film are quintessentially British: the bad guys drive Jaguar and Land Rover cars. Aston Martin Chief Executive Officer Andy Palmer describes it as, “The most exclusive DB ever.” Chris Corbould, SPECTRE Special Effects Supervisor, and Neil Layton, Action Vehicles Technical Coordinator, explained that some were ‘hero’ Astons, kept in pristine condition for Daniel Craig to be seen getting in and out of, while two were ‘stunt cars’ with roll cages fitted for the high speed drifting and jump scenes, and two were developed into ‘gadget cars’. In total 10 Aston Martin DB10 were created, eight of which supplied to the production staff for the making of the film. Mendes responded by asking, “Great, could we make that just for James Bond?” When asked about this Reichman told the Director that the car in the sketch didn’t exist yet. A sketch on the studio wall however caught Mendes’ eye. When Sam Mendes and Producer Barbara Broccoli visited Marek Reichman at Aston Martin’s Design Studio, according to Business Insider, they were there to look at a production model Aston had been preparing for the movie. Interestingly this was not the car Bond was originally intended to drive in SPECTRE. It looks like a James Bond car, and it’s got a few secrets.” “For a movie character to have a major manufacturer create a car just for him is really quite special.” Daniel Craig, the current actor to play 007, commented in a recent ITV special on SPECTRE, “We’re just incredibly fortunate. “It’s never been done like this before,” said Aston Martin Chief Creative Officer Marek Reichman, when interviewed by Business Insider. This of course was not just any car, but the DB10, a new Aston Martin developed specifically for the film. ![]() When the title of the movie was first announced to the world on 4th December 2014, at a presentation held on the 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios, before Director Sam Mendes introduced the latest Bond girls, or even who would be playing the villain, he first revealed the car Bond would drive. This is an exclusive article written by our man in Australia, Stuart Kortekaas, the first Australian to ever study a MA automotive design degree in Sweden. Broccoli's EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment, would be a Bond film for car enthusiasts. Right from the start it was clear that SPECTRE, the 24th James Bond film, from Albert R.
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