James Bond's American cars (hypotectical mission in America)

[Dusty Ayres]

So Bond is on a hypothetical mission in America, and has to have a car. The CIA gives him a couple of choices of current American muscle to choose from-which do you think he would drive?

*2010 Chevy Camaro
*2010 Chevy Corvette
*2010 Dodge Charger sedan
*2010 Dodge Challenger
*2010 Ford Mustang

Got good ideas here? Or not?

 

[Starkers]

Product placement agreements would probably mean he had to use the Ford!

Seriously though the Ford looks most Bond like anyway.

 

[Warp Coil]

Honestly, none of the American cars are sophisticated enough for Bond. The good news is that there are plenty of European brands offered here in the U.S. that Bond could realistically drive.

 

[Dusty Ayres]

Hey, well, at least I tried!

 

[Canadave]

None of the above. A good Bond car is fast, but it's also refined—and American sports\muscle cars really don't have that image at all.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Yeah, most American sport cars just don't have the mystique that a lot of exotic sport cars have. I think the Corvette is the closest, having recently turned into a monster as Top Gear would suggest. On the other hand, it would probably be translated to using a Ford since Ford owns or has owned Aston Martin, so maybe a Ford GT. I think it was sold recently. But as far as a car that looks like a European sports car, I think it would be the Dodge Viper. Maybe also the Shelby Cobra, also known as the AC Cobra. And I'm not talking about the Mustang Cobra.

 

[Canadave]

^ The problem, again, is that while the Viper, Corvette, and GT all scream powerful, none of them are really sophisticated in the way that European sports cars are. That's not to say that they're better or worse or anything, just that they don't really fit the Bond mystique.

 

[Checkmate]

Daniel Craig's Bond isn't really all that refined himself, though. He's impulsive, brash, and gets into Jackie Chan-style brawls. An American muscle car would fit him just fine.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Does it have to be currently manufactured? Could he drive a Ford GT that's a few years old?