"The name is Man, Mondeo Man". James Bond's new car is a Ford Mondeo!

[griswold44]

Originally Posted by Quickening

Wow sounds like they are royally wrecking 007. Its a blonde Bond that drives a Ford. WTH.

Daniel Craig dyed his hair brown.

[griswold44]

Originally Posted by mgescuro

Pierce was willing to do one more, if they clicked the cash register. TOo bad too.
I would have enjoyed one more with Pierce.

My first choice would have been Hugh Jackman. He's a very versatile actor. He's tall, suave, and dark haired. Perfect for Bond.

Pierce said he would like to do 1 more, but then he considered himself fired from the role. The producers replaced him because they don't want another Roger Moore fiasco. Moore played the role until he was 58 years old.

And I remember correctly, I heard that 007 was supposed to drive the DB5 as his personal car in this movie.

[BORG]

He could try out the new Mondeo

[Stéphane Dumas]

Originally Posted by Kowalski

That's true indeed. Remember, when Bond grabed that Double-Decker bus in "Live and Let Die"(1973)?

No one thought it could get any worse, ntil "For Your Eyes Only"(1981) arrived, and the world was perplexed to see Bond driving a yellow Citroen 2CV, as it was the nearest car available, because his Lotus Esprit blew up. And what about that blue Renault 11 taxi, he drove in "A View to Kill"(1985)?

Citroen and Renault paid the James Bond producers, to have Bond driving a 2CV and a 11, even though it was for a few seconds and both cars, ended up destroyed in the end.

Errr...Is it related to this???

Also there was the "Man with the Golden Gun" when Bond use an AMC Hornet do to a jump over a river. http://www.imcdb.org/movie_71807-Jam...olden-Gun.html

[plane]

Originally Posted by BORG

He could try out the new Mondeo

Your picture is in an entirely different universe than that first Mondeo bild.
While I wouldn't touch the first with a 10 foot pole, your version actually looks really, really good.

D*mn Nice!

[Kowalski]

Originally Posted by Bravada

I don't think the Mondeo would star as Bond's official supercar, I think it would be driven along the line of Renault 11 or 2CV. I've even heard Fiat Panda was to be driven in a Bond movie, nothing wrong with it unless they claim it replaces the Aston. Mondeo is a very competent midsizer, and the best driving one - very befitting for a role in car chase.

I agree.

I can't see the problem, of James Bond driving a Ford Mondeo, along in the same line as the AMC Hornet from "The Man With The Golden Gun"(1974).

I just can't picture, the image a of a cool, legendary, super spy, driving a 20K rep-mobile as his official car. But then as I said earlier, Bond drove a Citroen 2CV. And that's about as bad as it gets!

The Mondeo MK3 is a very competent car. And as you pointed out, it's a great FWD car to drive. Indeed, the Mondeo ST220 is often praised for its excellent FWD handling.

I definitely wouldn't like to see a Mondeo having its roof torn off and then being chopped off in half, like that poor Renault 11. That said however, I laughed my arse, to see that ugly Renault being torn apart!

Daniel Craig only drive Automatics. And the producers said, it will be an Automatic Mondeo capable of 140 Mph. So maybe, Bond, will be the first and "only" (who knows...) to drive an Automatic Mondeo ST220.

[Bravada]

Originally Posted by Kowalski

Daniel Craig only drive Automatics. And the producers said, it will be an Automatic Mondeo capable of 140 Mph. So maybe, Bond, will be the first and "only" (who knows...) to drive an Automatic Mondeo ST220.

Now that's lame. I have nothing against him being blonde and other stuff not quite like Brosnan or Sean Connery, but not to be able to drive a normal car? Can he use a knife and fork in case there would be some gala dinner scenes, or will he use a stand-in?

The current Mondeo is Mk2, isn't it? Or did I miss something?

[camaroman22]

as long as they make the movie right, it don't really care what cars he drives (as long as teh main car is an aston). i really think that clive owen should've been teh next bond, he's even said that he'd like to be bond. as long as i'm talkinng about clive owen, does anyone else have "The Hire" BMW-films-DVD?

[Ming]

Hey, it could've been a Camry.

[Kowalski]

Originally Posted by Bravada

Now that's lame. I have nothing against him being blonde and other stuff not quite like Brosnan or Sean Connery, but not to be able to drive a normal car? Can he use a knife and fork in case there would be some gala dinner scenes, or will he use a stand-in?

The current Mondeo is Mk2, isn't it? Or did I miss something?

Pierce Brosnan could only drive Automatic cars.

The Mondeo MK2 was that one built from 1997 to 2001, when it was replaced by the current model (Mondeo MK3).

[Bravada]

Originally Posted by Kowalski

Pierce Brosnan could only drive Automatic cars.

How about knife and fork?

The 1997-2001 Mondeo was just the 1993 Mondeo after an extensive mid-life facelift. Calling it Mk2 would make 1999 Omega a legitimate Omega C....

EDIT: 1. Can't find any source saying Brosnan can't shift - perhaps you could?
2. Why wouldn't they tell Craig just to learn to drive a car?

[griswold44]

Originally Posted by Kowalski

Pierce Brosnan could only drive Automatic cars.

The Mondeo MK2 was that one built from 1997 to 2001, when it was replaced by the current model (Mondeo MK3).

No, he drove the DB5 in "Goldeneye" & "Tomorrow Never Dies"