http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png http://jalopnik.com/tag/james bond crash http://jalopnik.com/tag/james bond crash 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]

]]> Jalopnik-382836 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:50:00 EDT Ben Wojdyla http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=382836&view=rss&microfeed=true It seems the lusty power of the Aston Martin DBS, a rain-soaked night and an over-zealous stunt driver conspired to result in James Bond's car taking a swim in Lake Garda in Italy. According to the Daily Telegraph, a stunt driver for the latest film Quantum of Solace, lost control while bombing along some narrow roads and managed to fly off the road. While the car was a quantum of sogginess, the driver managed to escape a similarly water-soaked fate, but probably decidedly less marketable as a stunt driver. We're thinking it's excusable to lose a car when you're rehearsing or performing a stunt in front of the camera and crew. It's probably less acceptable when you're merely attempting to deliver the car to the set. Even less acceptable is that it's the only car available for filming.

]]> Jalopnik-381957 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:20:00 EDT Ben Wojdyla http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=381957&view=rss&microfeed=true