IN 007’s TIRE TRACKS
Aug 23, 2022
4 minutes
Text by JARED PAUL STERN
“THE DBX707 IS A SABER IN A SEGMENT OF SLEDGEHAMMERS”
It’s one of the most iconic car-chase scenes in the famed franchise, not to mention the entire genre: Roger Moore as 007 with Bond Girl Barbara Bach escaping the baddies in an amphibious Lotus Esprit Turbo, in 1977’s The Spy Who Loved Me.
Whilst watching Bond pursued by multiple vehicles, including a motorcycle complete with a missile launcher disguised as a sidecar, and a similarly-equipped helicopter, one can’t help but notice the unusually beautiful scenery flying past. No accident, that, as the location was Sardinia’s stunning Costa Smeralda, with Bond
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