(Image credit: Danjaq, LLC and MGM.) Reintroducing SPECTRE, In The Ashes Of Quantum In his insane jealousy, Spectre gets its title, and a new body of terror is given life. Attracting a certain kind of villain, the type who likes to play around with money, terrorism, and the stage of world power, Blofeld creates the organization that literally makes him the author of all of James Bond’s pain. Presumed dead after that fateful incident, and living under his new identity, Ernst Stavro Blofeld begins to put together a group of like minded individuals. Fearing that his adopted brother pushed him out of the position of the child most loved in the family, young Franz triggered an avalanche that killed his own father. Instead of merely seeing 007 as the ultimate foil to his plans for world domination, Ernst is now revealed to think of James as a “cuckoo” in the Oberhauser family. Known as James Bond’s ultimate nemesis in the earlier incarnation of the franchise, Spectre gives Blofeld a new reason to hate Bond’s guts. (Image credit: Danjaq, LLC and MGM.) Ernst Stavro Blofeld, James Bond's Iconic Nemesis Reborn Though you’d know him by the name he adopted after his official death: Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Christoph Waltz). But someone in the family wasn’t very happy about this fact, Hannes’ biological son, Franz Oberhauser.
After his parents had died in their climbing accident, the Oberhauser family took the young man in as one of their own. M’s final orders to kill Marco Sciarra seem to be connected to the fact that she knew about James Bond’s connection to another party in Spectre’s ultimate hierarchy.Įnclosed in the box that gave Bond his so called inheritance from Olivia Mansfield were some personal documents: adoption papers and a photo showing Bond’s life with his adopted father, Hannes Oberhauser. As time marches on, and more of the Bond family legacy is revealed, it seems that 007’s life as an orphan has yet again given a nefarious adversary the advantage.
Once again, the past comes back to haunt James Bond in his hour of vulnerability. The Defender SVX that you see here is an original built for the film, it’s road-legal in the UK, and amazingly it has just 470 kilometers (292 miles) on the odometer from new.(Image credit: Danjaq, LLC and MGM) The Bond Family Legacy, Or The Dead Are Alive Of the 10 that were made for the film 7 have survived, and they’re now considered among the more collectible of the modern James Bond vehicles. New lifted suspension was also fitted, and the engine received a new turbocharger, an uprated intercooler, and a new ECU to match.
Those wheel arches were necessary to accommodate the chunky 37″ tires that would become one of the vehicle’s most memorable features.
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The original front seats were removed and replaced with racing seats with harnesses for the stunt driving scenes, however the standard rear seats remained.Ī full external roll cage was added, along with a roof rack, spotlights, a front mounted winch, a front nudge bar, and extended bolt-on wheel arches. Image courtesy of Sony Pictures.Įach of the 10 vehicles started life as a long wheelbase Defender with a pickup truck back, four doors, and seating for five adults. The Defender SVXs that were made for the film saw extensive action in the chase scene through the snow covered mountains.
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Spectre was the 24th film in the James Bond franchise, a series that started all the way back in 1962 with the release of the wildly popular Dr No. The example you see here is due to roll across the auction block with Bonhams on the 24th of June at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.The remaining seven are now highly collectible. The vehicles were used memorably in Spectre (see below), and three were destroyed during filming.New suspension, wheels, and tires are then added, along with a winch, a front nudge bar, a full external roll cage, and a slew of other modifications. Each of the 10 vehicles built for the film are visually almost identical, they start as a long wheelbase four-door pickup Defender.When the producers of Spectre came knocking on Land Rover’s door looking for a highly-stylized Defender for use in their new film a project was initiated, and it resulted in the Defender SVX.
Fast Facts – The “Spectre” Land Rover Defender SVX Land Rover bought the company in 2019 and still operates it as an independent wing. The Land Rover Defender SVX was built by Land Rover and Bowler Motorsport specifically for Spectre, up until recently Bowler was the pre-eminent independent Land Rover performance company in the world. Of the 10 examples of the Defender SVX built for the film, 7 have survived, and this is one of the best we’ve seen. This is one of the highly specialized vehicles that was built for use in the 2015 James Bond film Spectre.
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