What's Your Fantasy Bond Car Chase?

Assuming Aston Martins were off the table, if you were in charge of casting the hero (and villain) cars for the next Bond film, and tasked with writing the chase scene for them to feature in, what would you have as 007’s wheels, and why? And any location/chase stunt ideas?

I’ll get the ball rolling. Bond’s wheels have to be British, despite the coolness of the 7-series of Tomorrow Never Dies. What’s new, fresh, and sporty from our little island? I reckon the new Jaguar F-type could be a shout. Put ol’ JB in the V8 S model that’s good for 375bhp, 0-62mph of outrun-the-baddies pace in 4.2sec, and 186mph flat out. And you get launch control. Bond should have launch control.

So, you might think it’s a bit wet for Bond to have a drop-top, but this opens exciting possibilities like shooting badass weapons out of the car, and jumping from the F-type at speed. Should look good on screen, that – get in touch if you agree, Mr Craig.

And the chasers? The villain cars have to look evil, and thanks to the beauty of Bond movie poetic license, not directly comparable to the hero. I mean, we’re meant to believe an Aston DBS couldn’t outrun a couple of Alfa Romeo saloons because of some traffic?!

Give us a lairy, hairy-chested car – the new Mercedes C63 AMG Black Series, and a Nissan GT-R for monster pace, and put them on a decent section of road.

The location? I’ll stick my fantasy Bond chase on Australia’s ‘Great Open Road’. Yes, that’s actually what it’s called. It’s twisty, quick, and you can send the bad guys flipping over the barriers into the sea for a finale. Sounds good to me.

Tell us your ideal Bond car chase scenes in the comments.

Disclaimer: Car Throttle accepts no responsibility for this turning into an argument over what fit Bond girl you’d have in the passenger seat...(and this is totally not just an excuse to use a picture of Lana Del Rey. Wow.)