Out and About -July-issue-
Out and About magazine is all about Costa Blanca a leisure guide as the summertime takes hold here is a hot handy read to take with you anywhere, living in Spain or as holiday makers return the July 2021 edition arrives in your local shops, Iceland supermarket, cafe bars, and restaurants. With England taking the Euro 2020 by the scruff of the neck and making history it surely is time to get out and about and celebrate! Stay safe, have fun and enjoy the sun.
Out and About magazine is all about Costa Blanca a leisure guide as the summertime takes hold here is a hot handy read to take with you anywhere, living in Spain or as holiday makers return the July 2021 edition arrives in your local shops, Iceland supermarket, cafe bars, and restaurants. With England taking the Euro 2020 by the scruff of the neck and making history it surely is time to get out and about and celebrate! Stay safe, have fun and enjoy the sun.
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8<br />
. AMC Hornet X Hatchback (1974) In the Man with<br />
the Golden Gun. Mary Goodnight gets herself<br />
kidnapped by Scaramanga. With Scaramanga almost<br />
out of sight, Bond spots a car dealership, <strong>and</strong> steals an<br />
AMC Hornet, driving it right out through the showroom<br />
window. Live <strong>and</strong> Let Die’s Sheriff J.W. Pepper returns<br />
as a Bangkok tourist, who just so happened to be sitting<br />
in the passenger seat of the Hornet. The pair chase<br />
Scaramanga, with Pepper adding some comic relief to<br />
the tense action scene.<br />
9<br />
. Esprit 9. S1. The Spy Who Loved Me 1977. The<br />
producers wanted to out-do themselves <strong>and</strong> create<br />
the most spectacular film of the series. They<br />
equipped Bond with a white Lotus<br />
Esprit S1 in a chase sequence<br />
covering l<strong>and</strong>, air <strong>and</strong> water.<br />
Bond is chased on<br />
l<strong>and</strong> by a motorbike<br />
equipped with a<br />
jet-propulsion<br />
s i d e c a r<br />
rocket. After<br />
eliminating<br />
their l<strong>and</strong><br />
problems,<br />
they are<br />
attacked<br />
from the<br />
air by a<br />
helicopter.<br />
Unable to<br />
lose the<br />
tail, Bond<br />
drives off<br />
the edge of a<br />
peer. The Lotus<br />
transforms into a<br />
mini submarine, the<br />
enemy brings on their<br />
underwater assault. The<br />
Lotus h<strong>and</strong>les them with ease<br />
<strong>and</strong> Bond transforms the vehicle<br />
back to a car <strong>and</strong> drives out of the sea onto<br />
a beach of unsuspecting tourists.<br />
. Essex Turbo (1981) . For Your Eyes Only<br />
10 (1981) Following the well received appearance in<br />
The Spy Who Loved Me, Lotus returned for a second <strong>and</strong><br />
final time in For Your Eyes Only, with an upgraded Lotus<br />
Esprit Turbo. Bond drives the Esprit to the hideout but<br />
when it comes time to escape, the car meets with an ill<br />
fate.<br />
JULY 2021 | 9<br />
Citroën 2CV. (1981) After his Lotus self-destructs,<br />
11 Bond is forced to escape in a Citroën 2CV, not quite<br />
the calibre of car Bond is used to. Some scenes were<br />
sped up, most noticeably during a backwards-forward<br />
stunt that the 2CV struggled to pull off. However, the<br />
scene was intended to be as humorous as it was tense.<br />
Bajaj RE (1983), Octopussy. The Bajaj RE is a<br />
12 model of auto rickshaw, also known as a Tuk Tuk<br />
taxi, that appeared in Octopussy. Bond leaves in a taxi<br />
with ally agent Vijay. He soon spots Khan’s henchman in<br />
the taxi behind, armed with a muzzled shotgun. Bond<br />
tells Vijay “we’ve got company”, to which Vijay replies<br />
“No problem, this is a company car.” It is outfitted with a<br />
powerful engine by Q-branch.<br />
by Carol Levey
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