If 007 were American, what would he drive?

SVreX (Forum Supporter) said:

Umm...

Jensen Interceptor is British!

Well, sure.  But as with the Cobra, a British car with V8 American muscle.  It was kind of a winning formula, and an American Bond would totally get that.

Riv. No question. 

irish44j (Forum Supporter) said:

An Impala or Camry or something. Because real intelligence agents' goal is to NOT be noticed ;)

Of course, the best (worst) American Special agent did have the perfect car...Sunbeam Tiger. Euro style with the American power (Maxwell Smart)

This!^  Maxwell Smart was Americas version of 007.    He also drove this:

Brett_Murphy (Forum Patrón) said:

pres589 (djronnebaum) said:

"Anything with a back seat is ruled out" would conflict with almost anything Flemming wrote him into.

 

Nah. James Bond is British because Flemming wrote him. Because James Bond is British, he acts in certain ways, has certain tastes, etc.

If James Bond was American, it wouldn't be the same character with a different nationality. There'd be more different culturally, more brashness, more "America, berkeley yeah!" and *that's* why he'd be in a Corvette. Like I said, the astronauts didn't drive Rivieras. They were gifted Corvettes. Assuming his identity is just as public as the English version, American James Bond would be a HUGE marketing opportunity. 

 

James Bond would be Tony Stark if he was american. Effectively. 

Today's American Bond would almost certainly drive a pre-release Tesla Roadster. 

noddaz said:

irish44j (Forum Supporter) said:

An Impala or Camry or something. Because real intelligence agents' goal is to NOT be noticed ;)

Of course, the best (worst) American Special agent did have the perfect car...Sunbeam Tiger. Euro style with the American power (Maxwell Smart)

This!^  Maxwell Smart was Americas version of 007.    He also drove this:

He also drove the mini corvette opel gt