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Lotus Esprit Turbo driven by James Bond
Owned by MI6
Featured In For Your Eyes Only (1981)
film information
Since audience reaction was positive to the Lotus Esprit in The Spy Who Loved Me, it returns in For your Eyes Only, twice in a Turbo version. To start with we see Bond driving the Lotus to investigate Gonzales’ hideout.
However, when one of his henchmen tries to break into the Lotus, the ‘burglar protection’ activates and the car explodes! Later in the film Bond remarks to Q that he has put the Lotus back together again, this time in a red model. Sadly the new Lotus is only seen in a couple of scenes, and while Bond tells Luigi Ferrara not to touch any of the cars buttons, none of the gadgets are seen or discussed in the film. §
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