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Sebastian Faulks Puts James Bond Back In A Bentley

'Bond's first choice of car was a Bentley, so that is what he will be driving in my book...'

About time is what i say! I love Bond in a Bentley at least in the books it should always be a Bentley. I just hope Faulk's can stick with the details and write an enjoyable book.

A fine - though obvious - idea.

But isn't Faulks over-complicating things by introducing a new 1967 Bentley: was there anything wrong with the R-type Continental last mentioned by Fleming in YOLT and used in Colonel Sun?

I definitely hear you, David, but perhaps (and optimistcally) Faulks will deliver interesting support for this change.

Equally worthy of consideration is the notion of him having a driver. Is Bond so damaged that he cannot drive himself? Or is this an arrangement ala Kerim Bey? One thing I am almost sure of is that it will not be Sir Godfrey Tibbet.

This post has been edited by Solex Agitator: 16 September 2007 - 10:27

Goodness; has anyone ever had so many Bentleys? This is his sixth I think, if we include the Bentleys that Gardner and Benson gave him! Add another two screen ones from FRWL and NSNA and he seems to be keeping the company afloat single-handedly!

The T series isn't my favourite but it fits, I suppose. I always rather liked the idea of Bond in an AC 428; seems to suit him. I wonder if it'll have any interesting coachwork, as Bond always seemed to go for.

Oh hang on; if you read the Telegraph piece you'll see that Faulks doesn't mention a new Bentley; that's what the guy from Bentley the journalist talks to says it could be. So there's a good chance that Bond still has his Continental from the last Fleming books.

Is anybody able to provide a link to photos of Bond's past Bentleys, or at least the models most closely resembling them? I've always been curious to see the Bentleys described in Fleming's novels.

Ho, baby! Nice find.

Okay, when you Brits say "abroad"...what do you typically mean? Europe, or the U.S?

Either. Anywhere that isn't blighty.

Seems mor logical.

And ties in with the fact that from what he's said, Faulks doesn't seem too ashamed to borrow from Fleming where it's essential.

Check out this Wikipedia article.

This one's pretty good too- the picture of a car not dissimilar to Bond's last Bentley is rather good: http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/lit...articles&t=

After those Gardner had him in a Mulsanne and Benson gave him a Turbo R, I think.

Whoa! Excellent article. I'd never seen that before. Thanks.

BTW, here's the 67 T1 suggested by the Bentley rep.

It's great that he's going this far to put Bond back int eh Bentley but really I never cared for the car. I'm not saying anything's wrong with them at all but truth be told they never appealed to me so they faded into set dressing for me in the books, coulda been any car really.