This is the James Bond sports car Elon Musk bought for nearly $1 million that inspired Tesla Cybertruck. (via CNBCMakeIt)
Actors Barbara Bach and Roger Moore, stars of the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me," sit on the 1976 Lotus Esprit."It was amazing as a little kid in South Africa to watch James Bond in 'The Spy Who Loved Me' drive his Lotus Esprit off a pier, press a button and have it transform into a submarine underwater. I was disappointed to learn that it can't actually transform.
for the car notes that it actually could perform as a submarine, though it could not be driven on land, as the car in question was modified for filming the movie's underwater scenes. Sotheby's also notes that the car, which is nicknamed "Wet Nellie," features "a bank of four propellers" in the back of the vehicle that allow it to move underwater while being powered by electric motors within a water-tight compartment.
The 1976 Lotus Esprit, known as "Wet Nellie," that was used in the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me."The car also features "articulated fins" that can be moved with mechanical levers to steer, while diving underwater is made possible by ballast tanks. The underwater scenes in the film were actually performed by a retired U.S. Navy SEAL wearing full scuba gear with an oxygen tank, as the car's interior was filled with water, according to Sotheby's.
After the Lotus Esprit finished filming in "The Spy Who Loved Me," the car was kept in a storage unit in Long Island, New York for more than a decade. In 1989, the storage unit had been unclaimed for several years, so it was auctioned off without being opened at a blind auction, Sotheby's notes.and found the famous car underneath a covering of blankets.
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