Spy Octane – The Vehicles of James Bond (Volume I)
6First 400 copies signed by Matthew Field and Ajay Chowdhury
by Matthew Field and Ajay Chowdhury
Marking the 60th anniversary of Goldfinger, and the gadget-laden Aston Martin DB5 that became its four-wheeled star is Spy Octane: The Vehicles of James Bond.
Written by acclaimed Bond historians Matthew Field and Ajay Chowdhury this is the first of three volumes that take an in-depth look at every one of the vehicles in the James Bond movies – which have become the longest-running film franchise of all time.
Through incredible detective work the authors have unearthed undiscovered and ground-breaking secrets behind the vehicles such as the autogyro Little Nellie, the Toyota 2000GT Convertible, the Moon Buggy and of course the iconic Aston Martin DB5 – which secured the most successful product placement deal in movie history and was described as ‘the most famous car in the world’.
Spy Octane presents for the first time the definitive, in-depth story of each of these vehicles – and many more. It draws upon hundreds of exclusive interviews with the filmmakers, actors, stunt-drivers, motor industry executives, museum curators and private vehicle owners, and countless motoring and entertainment periodicals, books, magazines and unpublished ephemera.
Some of these cars and crafts embarked on glamorous promotional tours around the world, others ended up on the race track, in museums, in the hands of collectors – or abandoned to rot, only to be rediscovered decades later.
Hundreds of photographs take the reader on a journey through the golden age of James Bond in the 1960s, exploring Bond creator Ian Fleming’s passion for exotic travel and individualistic motor cars before detailing the array of vehicles which propelled 007 through the first seven Bond films on land, sea and in the air.
- An in-depth look at every one of the vehicles in the James Bond movies.
- Volume One covers the first Golden Era of James Bond - the 1960s – when Sean Connery’s portrayal of Ian Fleming’s super spy became a global phenomenon.
- Draws upon hundreds of exclusive interviews with the filmmakers, actors, stunt-drivers, motor industry executives, museum curators and private vehicle owners as well as countless motoring and entertainment periodicals, books, magazines and unpublished ephemera.
- Over 800 never-before-seen photographs.
The Authors
Matthew Field and Ajay Chowdhury collaborated on Some Kind of Hero: The Remarkable Story of the James Bond Films published by The History Press in 2015. They curated and wrote the special edition bookazines Remembering Roger Moore and Sean Connery: A James Bond Journey for MI6 Confidential. Their work has appeared in James Bond articles and publications around the world. In 2019 Field’s Porter Press book The Self Preservation Society: 50 Years of The Italian Job won the Royal Automobile Club’s Motoring Book of the Year.
Specification
315mm x 270mm | Jacketed hardback | 416 pages | Over 800 images | Price: £99.00 | ISBN 978-1-913089-85-6 | Publisher: Porter Press International | Publication date: November 2024 | Authors: Matthew Field and Ajay Chowdhury
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