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James Bond Fanatic Creates Underwater Car

By Allan Ford | Feb 16, 2008 | Movie News (0) Comment

sQuba

Q would have been proud – 30 years after James Bond disappeared under the waves in a specially adapted Lotus, car designers have done it for real.

Cinema audiences gasped as Roger Moore’s 007 took his white Lotus Esprit for a surprise dip to evade the enemy in the film ‘The Spy Who Loved Me‘.

The famous scene, shot using a model, triggered the imagination of countless gadget-lovers, who wondered if such a car could be made.

Watch: Could this be the car for you? Watch the amphibious Lotus take to the waves

Now a self-confessed Bond fanatic has made an up-to-date version of the wondercar using the Esprit’s spiritual successor, the Lotus Elise, as its base.

sQuba sQuba sQuba Lotus from ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’

The “sQuba” will be exhibited at the Geneva Motor Show next month.

Full Story: Telegraph.co.uk

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