Scalextric race set for `Quantum of Solace` to feature Alfa Romeo versus Aston Martin DBS

29-Jan-2008 • Quantum Of Solace

As MI6 exclusively revealed back in December, Scalextric - the company behind the legendary slot car racing set for 50 years - is planning a special 007 edition in 2008 to coincide with the 22nd James Bond film "Quantum of Solace".

Scalextric is now owned by model maker Hornby, and has featured other licenced sets around franchises such as The Italian Job, The Simpsons, Transformers, Starsky & Hutch and Batman.

Today, news coverage of how Hornby had secured major licences let slip a potential spoiler about the 22nd James Bond film.

According to a BBC report, the 007-themed racing set will feature Bond's Aston Martin DBS (as expected) with the chase car being an Alfa Romeo.

It was previously rumoured that the car chase, which is said to happen early in the film, would feature a Ford GT 40.

The last time an Alfa Romeo was featured in a James Bond film was in 1983's "Octopussy", where 007 steals a civilian's car to race to the American airbase in Germany.