Lotus Esprit Submarine
(The Spy Who Loved Me)
Vehicle: Lotus Esprit Submarine
Movie: The Spy Who Loved Me
Owner: James Bond
Status: Stored at Q-Branch
The Lotus Esprit was perhaps the most advanced car Bond has driven,
it had the capability to transform into a submarine, and an array
of other ingenious gadgets. The Lotus was personally delivered
to 007 in Corsica, driven by Q, who warned Bond to be careful
with the car. Bond responded to Q with a smart remark, dropped
the clutch, and took off with a grinding screech.
Use
The Lotus Esprit came to be very useful for Bond during The Spy
Who Loved Me mission, while being chased by Jaws, Bond used the
concrete guns to spray the windshield of Jaws' car causing him
to crash. After getting Jaws off his tale, Bond was being chased
by Naomi in a helicopter armed with machine guns. Much to Anya's
shock Bond sped down a dock and drove off the end into the sea,
surprising Anya when transforming the car into a submarine, with
tail fins, a periscope and a submarine control panel. Bond shot
Naomi out of the sky with a sea-to-air missile, and was then chased
by Stormberg's men in small subs, who tried to destroy the Lotus,
but Bond used an oil slick as camouflage, and fired back with
missile's, destroying the subs.
At the conclusion of the battle, Bond found a hole in the roof
of the Lotus, and water was leaking in, in an emergency he drove
the car out of the water. As he emerged from the water onto a
beach, with bystanders in staring in disbelief, Bond wound down
the window and threw out a fish that the car caught through the
leak in the roof.
Specs
White Lotus Esprit, number plate "PPW 306R", with the
following modifications:
Submarine Features
