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Ron ◊ 2004-12-27 17:10	C'est la deuxième et avant-dernière fois que bond conduit une bmw.
Ralph ◊ 2005-01-18 00:56	BMW E38 750iL drove by Pierce Brosnan German titel: James Bond 007 - Der Morgen stirbt nie
Adrian ◊ 2006-03-17 16:55	Awesome use of this E38 750iL. Notice the wheels? No 750iL ever came with these wheels. These look like they are off a 740i Sport. But it's not possible if you think about it. The year this film came out (1997), there was no 740i Sport avail. - not until around `99-`01. Therefore the wheels must be after-market (although similar looking to the M-parallel wheels used on the 740i Sport). Bond (Pierce Bronsnan) has the ability to drive this car via remote control. The electric shock feature, if one touches the car is great. Wish I had that in my BMW. Overall, really cool gadgetry, stunts, jumps etc... Although the car wasn't used all that much - 5 min. max. -- Last edit: 2006-03-17 16:58:20
Adrian ◊ 2006-03-23 20:00	It's a `95-`97 - NOT a `94.
G-MANN ◊ 2006-05-15 01:42	Since this film was shot in 1997 and had the support of BMW, I think it's fair to assume that the production was provided with brand new BMWs for the filming. I've read that about 17 BMWs were used and 15 of them were destroyed! So this ought to be listed as a 1997 750iL.
antp ◊ 2006-05-15 10:51	Crazy that they need so many cars for the scene, as it is not so long.
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2006-06-21 23:28	antp wrote Crazy that they need so many cars for the scene, as it is not so long. I think each gadget required a separate car. It's also worth noting that the car is a North American-specification model. Maybe the product placement deal was with BMW's US branch.
yvon52 ◊ 2006-06-22 00:08	Fake german plates and the two seals are on the back plate, not on the front one -- Last edit: 2006-06-22 00:09:35
antp ◊ 2006-06-22 00:18	I thought these were supposed to be Hungarian plates or something like that
yvon52 ◊ 2006-06-22 00:22	500 % sure = not Hungarian plates
yvon52 ◊ 2006-06-22 00:33	I's a USA/canadian Edition. The front License plate holder is made for US/Canadian plates, not for German ones!!!! -- Last edit: 2006-06-22 00:53:36
yvon52 ◊ 2006-06-22 00:35	The 740iL was avaible in Canada and in the States in 1997 Here one for sale http://cgi.ebay.ca/BMW-7-Series-740iL-Sedan-1997-.... -- Last edit: 2006-06-22 11:49:32 (antp)
yvon52 ◊ 2006-06-22 00:53	and this is the front of a 750il in Germany Link to "www.autoscout24.de"
G-MANN ◊ 2006-09-01 15:03	There would have been some location filming in Hamburg, but this chase would have been filmed in a studio somewhere in England (the Bond films are usually made in Pinewood studios) and all these prop cars would have been brought in (left drive cars are used in Germany as opposed to RHD British cars) probably with fake numberplates. The BMW's numberplate seen here is actually a reference to the registration of Bond's Aston Martin from Goldeneye (BMT214A, the car used in Goldfinger was BMT216A) so it's most likely a fake (plus the fact that it would have to be put on over a dozen cars. The bit where the BMW drives off the roof of the car park and smashes into an Avis rental office on the street below was filmed at Brent Cross Shopping Centre in Hendon, London. You says the chases isn't long but then it is pretty intense one. I don't know if they used a different BMW for each gadget (this car featured rockets in the sunroof, a cable cutter that emerges from underneath the badge on the bonnet, the rear bumper opens up and drops tacks, the tires reinflate, the car sprays gas from underneath), but they would have needed a different car for each level of damage during the chase (the windscreen and rear window get smashed, the seats get shot up by gun fire, they converted some cars so that a stunt drive could sit in a recess carved in the interior where he drove the car from behind the front seat, sitting below the window level so the car would appear driverless, and then they'd need a car that Pierce Brosnan could drive normally in other scenes. Plus they would have damaged cars during filming so it's not too hard to see how they got through 17 motors during filming. When you see these spectacular car chases on film, you have bear in mind that no single real car could survive that amount of stress and still be working, I remember watching a documentary showing the filming of Die Another Day and they showed a behind scenes bit where they filmed the Aston Martin Vanquish smashing through the wall of the Ice Palace and sailing 50 feet through the air, when it landed you tell it got completely wrecked, when you see the chase on screen you are really watching dozens identical cars edited together. So you couldn't exactly do that kind of thing with a car in real life and still keep going. -- Last edit: 2006-09-01 15:08:51
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2006-09-01 16:17	I think that the car park interior was filmed at Brent Cross. IIRC the production closed off the top floor of the car park for a week. The exterior shots of the car park, including spiral ramp and the BMW jumping from the roof and crashing into the Avis office, were filmed in Hamburg.
wickey ◊ 2006-10-14 22:43	yes the plate is obviously hommage to the plate on Aston and it is supposed to be german for Berlin. Pity, that they made it in US shape instead of original germen..
XJ40 ◊ 2007-02-19 17:47	once they had a special tv show about how many bmw's were destroyed in bond films and that bmw's refused to give them another car for there next film.
antp ◊ 2007-02-19 17:49	BMW did not refuse, they just had a contract for thee movies, then they found another company to pay more (Ford/Aston-Martin)
quiksilver ◊ 2008-03-25 17:00	Is a 7 series the most boring choice for a bond car ever? I know the manufacturers use it to highlight there cars but a big ugly saloon come on! -- Last edit: 2008-11-08 14:22:39
AlexSheckler ◊ 2008-04-01 14:49	Wow!!! It's a beautiful car!
bondmobil ◊ 2008-05-12 16:38	See the real BMW with the licence plate B-MT 2144 http://dm6.de It`s mine ;-)
Exiv96 ◊ 2008-09-15 14:25	I remember one of these "Bond" BMW 750iL was also seen in an episode of a german "krimi" series. Probably Derrick or Der Alte. Same color, same wheels, same plate size. During the episode, it was buried under a pile of gravel.
G-MANN ◊ 2008-10-16 01:27	Q: Your new BMW 750. All the usual refinements, machine guns, rockets and a GPS tracking system. Onboard computer: Welcome, please obey all instructions for a safe trip. Q: Thought you'd pay more attention to a female voice. Bond: I think we've met. Q: I am not interested in your sordid escapades. Let's get on with it, shall we? Special features: The car can be remote controlled via Bond's cellphone. Bond uses this to drive the car from the backseat, where he is covered from all the bullets fired at the car during the chase. Safe in the airbag compartment with fingerprint recognition. Bond uses this to store his gun and the GPS encoder. Security system that delivers an electric shock if door handles are touched and ultra-tough glass and bodywork that will withstand sledgehammers and bullets: Tear gas: Missiles in the sunroof: Tyres shredding tacks: Reinflating tyres: Cable cutter that emerges from underneath the bonnet logo badge: Automatically closing doors: Bond utilizes all these features during the chase in the multi-storey car park. -- Last edit: 2008-10-16 02:34:21
Neptune ◊ 2008-10-16 01:48	Goofs: The wheels change during the tyre re-inflation scene. The steering wheel with redundant steering controls (my 328i had the same steering wheel, but no steering controls) stays locked to the right in a scene where the cars turns from the left and continues strait.
Neptune ◊ 2008-10-16 03:54	G-MANN, you should get antp to move your thumbnail captures to the top (under the main capture)
antp ◊ 2008-10-16 10:04	And also not change picture chosen by others: I preferred the one with Bond at the side of his car
G-MANN ◊ 2008-10-16 13:23	This is a better picture of the car Also often the pictures I've replaced weren't the best view of the car. Neptune wrote G-MANN, you should get antp to move your thumbnail captures to the top (under the main capture) Yes, it would be good if he did that, but I would also like it if he'd fix it so I could do it myself. -- Last edit: 2008-10-16 13:30:02
antp ◊ 2008-10-20 13:37	G-MANN wrote This is a better picture of the car I thought that it was better to have Bond at the side of his car rather than having a full view of the car, as the car itself is relatively common (it is Bond's car, not any car, but without Bond it is just any car ) Anyway, it would have been better to at least include the old shot in comments So here is the old pic:
G-MANN ◊ 2008-10-21 01:26	antp wrote (it is Bond's car, not any car, but without Bond it is just any car) That doesn't really make much sense And the new picture is definetely better than the old one. Although I did consider using another capture that showed Bond behind the wheel, but I thought this one showed the side of the car better as well.
taxiguy ◊ 2008-10-21 01:39	antp wrote I thought that it was better to have Bond at the side of his car rather than having a full view of the car, as the car itself is relatively common (it is Bond's car, not any car, but without Bond it is just any car ) So then if you put Bond next to a "relatively common" Ford Escort then it suddenly becomes a special car?
antp ◊ 2008-10-21 17:39	Well, yes, that's why the company pays so much Don't you remember all the fuss about Bond's Ford Mondeo in Casino Royale?
classicarfreak ◊ 2008-12-01 06:12	Too bad this car was completely destroyed at the end of the chase scene after driving off a roof. Very cool features on this car. The shot where the tires were re-inflated was actually done by lifting the car up off its wheels and inflating them with air: special effects took care of the wheel motion.
G-MANN ◊ 2008-12-11 23:19	classicarfreak wrote Too bad this car was completely destroyed at the end of the chase scene They destroyed about 15 of these cars in the making of this film!
Alfa ◊ 2009-08-24 15:04	BMW The King Of Road!!!:king:
AfroNinja376 ◊ 2009-11-04 04:47	quiksilver wrote Is a 7 series the most boring choice for a bond car ever? I know the manufacturers use it to highlight there cars but a big ugly saloon come on! Are you kidding? This is a beautiful car!
MartinBond ◊ 2009-11-08 01:42	Model:
G-MANN ◊ 2010-06-02 11:25	Antoine (and other can comment if they like), how about this picture (with Bond behind the wheel) to replace the main image? IMHO, this is still better than this (see below) because it shows the whole car, the only thing the other one has is Bond standing beside the car, but it's not as good a picture of the actual car.
antp ◊ 2010-06-04 12:13	My previous anwser is still valid as my current opinion /vehicle.php?id=1869#Comment488531

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1997 BMW 750iL [E38] in Tomorrow Never Dies, Movie, 1997

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