Owning a piece of the James Bond universe is no small feat, since every item even remotely related to the slick 007 spy tends to be hard to come by and expensive. This 2015 Land Rover 110 takes the former off the list.
Silverstone Auctions has announced the availability of one of the ten Defenders Land Rover built for the 2015 film SPECTRE from director Sam Mendes. The auction will take place online on May 23, with the special mention that this modified Defender is in pristine condition.
Movie cars tend to end up in worse condition at the end of a film, but this wasn’t the case with this one. Of the 10 cars Bowler Motorsport modified for Land Rover (the standard Defender 110 was deemed too “bland” for the kind of action it was supposed to take), three were destroyed during shooting. Seven remained, but only one – this particular one – is still nearly brand new.
It comes with 1,000 km (621 miles) on the clock and with no damage to the body, since it was used primarily for drive-by shooting in snow scenes. It was what they call a vehicle for glamor shots and it comes with all the documentation to attest it (plus some extra goodies like a call sheet for cast).
The Defender comes in Santorini Black and features 37-inch tires, a heavy-duty roll cage, rose-jointed suspension and Bilstein dampers, and a hydraulic hand brake. The listing notes that removing the hydraulic hand brake could possibly enable the future owner to register and MOT the car as a regular vehicle. Or the owner could use it as-is, as a stunt vehicle on private land.
Either way, it’s a prized item. “Auction results for the other Spectre Land Rovers sold in recent years have seen very high prices achieved and we would perhaps refer you to the ‘Midas touch’ of owning any vehicle closely associated with the James Bond franchise,” the auction house notes.
It expects this modified Defender to fetch between £200,000 and £240,000 ($247,000-$296,000). Here is the scene in which the less-lucky Defenders were destroyed.
Movie cars tend to end up in worse condition at the end of a film, but this wasn’t the case with this one. Of the 10 cars Bowler Motorsport modified for Land Rover (the standard Defender 110 was deemed too “bland” for the kind of action it was supposed to take), three were destroyed during shooting. Seven remained, but only one – this particular one – is still nearly brand new.
It comes with 1,000 km (621 miles) on the clock and with no damage to the body, since it was used primarily for drive-by shooting in snow scenes. It was what they call a vehicle for glamor shots and it comes with all the documentation to attest it (plus some extra goodies like a call sheet for cast).
The Defender comes in Santorini Black and features 37-inch tires, a heavy-duty roll cage, rose-jointed suspension and Bilstein dampers, and a hydraulic hand brake. The listing notes that removing the hydraulic hand brake could possibly enable the future owner to register and MOT the car as a regular vehicle. Or the owner could use it as-is, as a stunt vehicle on private land.
Either way, it’s a prized item. “Auction results for the other Spectre Land Rovers sold in recent years have seen very high prices achieved and we would perhaps refer you to the ‘Midas touch’ of owning any vehicle closely associated with the James Bond franchise,” the auction house notes.
It expects this modified Defender to fetch between £200,000 and £240,000 ($247,000-$296,000). Here is the scene in which the less-lucky Defenders were destroyed.