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We know this has to be as painful for you to look at as it is for us to write about. Footage has surfaced of James Bond's Aston Martin DBS after the Italian police fished it out of Lake Garda. If you recall, the driver of the car lost control while in transit to the set, sending both he and the car plunging into the murky depths, falling to a depth of 150 ft before our anti-hero was able to rouse himself and make his way, frog-like, to the surface. That sounds like some serious James-Bond-like action, but unfortunately, it won't be relegated to the "bloopers" reel as no one was around to record the action. Well, except for this gruesome post-mortem. Oh Aston Martin DBS, you are beautiful, even in death. [CarDomain Blog]
The Wreckage Of The HMS Aston Martin DBS
We know this has to be as painful for you to look at as it is for us to write about. Footage has surfaced of
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7:50 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
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Uh oh. Better get Maaco.
It'll buff out!
The Aston is a one piece wreck as we saw earlier this month a complete destroyed NSX or a while back a survivor cockpit of a Ferrari and all the rest was shredded.
Who's the U-Boat captain?
Is a ballet about to break out there? Those stockings on the police!
I'm assuming that's not the model that converts into a submarine like in previous movies. I bet if they measure the skidmarks they'll find out he was doing over twice the speed limit in that thing. Driving normally you don't just "lose control" in a car like that.
Wonder what the pucker factor was on the drivers seat.
Sad, so sad. I used to know that road pretty well (stationed nearby in the Army), it inspires heroic (insane) driving. Never put my '65 Malibu in the drink, but i did get it stuck between two buildings in one of the little villages along the lakeshore. Narrow street, pissed-off locals. At least I drove the Chevy away.
Its just a little crushed and soggy, its still good, its still good.
I'm keeping my eyes peeled for the craigslist ad. I'd take some of those mechanicals.
Ummmmm "Carpet recently shampooed"....let's see, "Always draws crowds!" and, errr..."Very safe!"
Bondo. James Bondo.
Dumb fuck
Project Hell Contestant !
See, now, if he'd been driving the submarine-capable white Lotus Esprit from "The Spy Who Loved Me", he could have made his way to shore and just dumped the hitch-hiking fish and driven off.
Whatever happened to good 'ole late seventies Q-engineering for Her Majesty's Secret Service...? Dear Moneypenny (may she R.I.P.) would not approve...
@NEEDZ MOЯE POLAЯ!: absolute homeboys...
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Sorry, but as much as it sucks to see this amazing car wrecked, I have to say that the driver is a hoon hero of epic proportions.
He sent an Aston flying off an Italian cliff and into a lake, plunged 150 feet, then swam out and emerged unharmed? Is there anything more awesome? How many of us would LOVE to have that story to tell? You know how great that is going to sound at a bar?
Come on. Send this dude a t-shirt or something.
Wanna Get away?
Xoom...
Aston Martin sleeping with the fishes in an Italian lake with no witnesses, coincidence?
@Buzz Killington: ...and he will have time to be at the bar because he's currently unemployed
Well, let's do this like Katrina...
How many Polizia does it take to stare at a DBS?
On Jalopnik tomorrow:
Aston Martin DBD Part 1:
"The Aston Martin DBS is a gorgeous machine. However, it does not float well...."
@Fitty7lax: HA! Good point. But if you're gonna get fired, I cannot imagine a better way to go about it.
The new Amphibious Aston Martin still needs some work...
How many Italian police officers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
This is what you get for hiring freedivers to transport your movie set cars.
@PatFromGundo:
I believe that's "Who's the U-Boat Commander?"
Dibs on the wheels!
Crikey..So much for the integrity of a hardtop. From the smaller pictures I'd assumed it was a droptop at first..whoops.
Would love to hear/read an interview with the driver..precious little chance of that happening though, I'm afraid.
@Buzz Killington: Top Hoonage points for sure.
Am I the only one wondering how the heck he survived this and got out with the roof completely crushed? Can you all enlighten me with your own theories?
I suspect a good amount of that damage was incurred when they fished it out of the lake... although one would imagine it didn't look so good at the bottom of the lake either.
They should have never fired Q.
still if he was driving with his brain and not his.....
COOL WRECK COMPETITION OF THE DAY:
Enzio Ferrari piloted by drunk Swedish scam artist business man, possessing semi-fictional California law enforcement paper work, wrecked at 160mph on California coast road.
VERSUS:
Aston Martin DBS piloted by low wage English stuntman for delivery to film set wrecked at speed into a deep Italian lake while hooning it up to be like James Bond.
He was proving he can do the stunt without all the safety crap. A real man's man, he is.
after having fun in a twisty beautifull italian road...you crash your aston martin dbs... an then fall to the deeps of an amazing italian lake... sound like a perfect way to die... if you gonna die...die with style!!!
The headline: "The Wreckage Of The HMS Aston Martin DBS" is "molto bene".
I've been wondering since Saturday night, (when I sunk the lively Audi Q5 discussion with this emerging story,) what analogs of "Who's the U-Boat Commander?" might surface.
I'm glad the driver made it out..."shaken, not stirred" I'm sure.
@Malaise-era Ash:
"FOR SALE: One Aston Martin DBS, SPECIAL CUSTOM MODEL!!! Slight water damage, some body work needed. $50,000 obo!!"
Seriously, these cops were wondering how the driver managed to get out and were impressed the luck he had. I definitely want a roll cage on my next car.
I nearly cried, rest in pieces DBS. BTW, the driver is one lucky dude to have not become sardin under the crushed roof.
Call me suspicious, but I smell publicity stunt.
The driver must have been very, veddy thin, yet with extra large lung capacity. At 150' down, I would have used all my oxygen yelling all the way.
@muleshoe: The pucker factor on the driver's seat was so extreme they have not found the driver's seat yet.
Reason for Leaving Last Job: Um. Uh. Um. "Damaged company car."
Isn't that one of the lakes they suspect hoards Nazi gold?
No assuming the driver jettison the DBS from the road parallel to the ground and fell 150', that means there was (roughly) a five second freefall. What do you think about while falling in a car, with a body of water coming closer and closer, for five seconds? "Yep, little too much gas on that last corner"? "I am sooo fired"? "Wait, what just happened"? Or what I'd probably be doing "OH SH!T!OH SH!T!OH SH!T!OH SH!T!OH SH!T!OH SH!T!OH SH!T!OH SH!T!OH SH!T!OH SH!T!" SPLASH! "OHgurglegurgleSH!Tgurgle OHgurglegurgleSH!Tgurgle OHgurglegurgleSH!Tgurgle"
Apparently he could swim better than he could drive.
Maybe this guy had a better job as a Mets scout and just had to get fired, and wanted to go out with style, leaving people saying "now that guy got fired."
Silly European, don't you know you're supposed to try that stunt with a 1974 Lincoln?
@digita6: You're not the only one wondering. My first thought wasn't "poor DBS", that was my second thought. My first thought was "Holy shit, there was a person in that, underwater, 150 fucking feet underwater, and he is still alive?" Dude must be an amphibian.