Yahoo Autos You Must Buy This SVX-Bowler Defender from Spectre
If you intend to find all the Spectre cars in the world, here's some sobering news:
The Aston Martin DB10s are either locked up in private garages, back at Aston, or touring the world as part of a James Bond exhibition.
The Jaguar C-X75 V8 stunt cars built by Williams Advanced Engineering are mostly back at Williams, in various bits and pieces. The rest are at Jaguar Land Rover's not-so-secret warehouse, or touring the world as part of a James Bond exhibition.
As for the Range Rover Sports and the Defenders, some are back at JLR, while others – you've guessed it – are touring the world as part of a James Bond exhibition. That's especially true of the single Defender they crashed badly during the shoot, while the remaining nine trucks are "out there." But if you want one, it certainly helps if your name is Harry Metcalfe, and you do work for the company.
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Yet unlike Metcalfe's 'SVX Concept' with the totally fake '0007 SVX' plate, the one offered by Tom Hartley is a road-legal variant, despite its factory plaque stating otherwise.
In fact, 'P100 SPY' comes with a UK V5 registration document, as well as all the bells and whistles Sony Pictures has ordered from Jaguar Land Rover's Special Vehicle Operations for the 24th Bond movie.
Namely, these ten special Crew Cab 110s came with 37 inch Maxis Trepador tires bolted directly on Bead Lock alloy wheels, with Bowler's race suspension including rose joints and Bilstein rally dampers. They also have a full exo-cage as well as an internal one, Recaro leather sports seats with four-point harnesses, a hydraulic handbrake, LSD, shorter gearing, and a mild engine tune that brings the 2.2 diesel from 120 horsepower to around 185. Torque is plenty at 370 lb.ft, but when that's still not enough there's a monstrous wrench, as well as enough reflectors to stun the entire animal kingdom.
This particular stunt Defender has only been used in drive-by scenes in the Austrian Alps, during which it covered 730 miles. For an undisclosed amount of money, it comes with a range of papers documenting filming schedules and the parts used in its construction.
Being pretty much the first projects leaving SVO's workshop, these Santorini Black Bond Defenders are not only highly practical, but also as collectible as a Land Rover can get. Especially knowing that Defenders have been out of production for almost two years now.
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