The Dhaka Times Desk James Bond is a popular detective series of films Does anyone remember the 'submarine car'? A submarine car means a car that can run underwater. Recently in an auction in London, that car was sold for around seven million rupees.
The submarine car first appeared in the 1977 James Bond movie 'The Spy Who Loved Me'. was used in Playing James Bond in that movie with the car Roger Moore Bondgirl repeatedly dives into the water with Bach to avoid being shot by the villain from a helicopter. At that time the name of the car was 'Wet Nellie', the name of the current white car is 'Lotus Esprit'.
It cost 65,000 pounds to make the car suitable for running on water and its current value is 350,000 pounds. According to the managing director of RM Auctions, this car is one of the most famous movie cars of all time.
Although six body cells were used in the vehicle during the filming of the movie, one body cell was converted into a submarine. The car first sold at auction for £5.5 million, although the auction house expected the car to sell for between £6.5 million and £9 million. However, RM Oxon expressed satisfaction with this price.
It should be noted that before the RM auction was in 2010 'Goldfinger' And 'Thunderball' in the movie Sean Connery A used 'Ashton Martin DB5' car sold for £2.9m
Reference: India Times