DBS Bond stunt driver takes plunge into lake in Aston Martin DBS

[Bartek S.]

At 6:30 this morning, a stunt driver shooting a scene for the upcoming James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace, lost control of an Aston Martin DBS while filming a chase scene and plunged into Lake Garda in Italy. The film's executive producer, Anthony Waye, said that the scene was being shot in the pouring rain, and although the DBS didn't survive it's unplanned excursion into the water, the driver sustained only minor injuries and was released from the hospital earlier this afternoon. MI6 declined to comment on the incident, but a spokesperson for the agency remarked that the submersible kit for the Aston was under development. Too little, too late Q.

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[ree]

Oh no!! Such a beautiful car Aston Martin.

 

[VroomVroom]

Owch! Glad the Stunt driver got out okay, I suppose they can get another Aston in the blink of an eye

 

[Cashmere]

So he's driving the DBS yet again in this movie which is kinda strange. I figured the DBS lost most of its novelty after the previous movie but I guess not.

It would have been brilliant marketing if he drove the new AM Rapide! Speaking of which, when is that thing going into production?

 

[Centurion]

This is nothing. During the recording of a previous Bond movie they used a fleet of 9 Vanquish.

 

[Tarek]

It would have been brilliant marketing if he drove the new AM Rapide!

Think so too but no big difference really since the rapide is just a stretched DB9

 

[ree]

Again, not the best news:

Bond's Alfa smash




The Bond car curse continues. A Quantum of Solace stuntman is fighting for his life in hospital after a driving chase scene went horribly wrong.

Aris Comninos suffered serious head injuries when his Alfa 159 ploughed into a truck while filming a stunt on a winding road in Brescia. He is reported to be in a critical condition, while fellow stunt driver Bruno Verdirosi was also injured in the crash. The Alfa, as you can see from the pictures, is a write-off.

It’s the third car smash-up in just a week on the Quantum of Solace set. Last weekend, an Aston engineer lost control of a DBS and plunged into Lake Garda, and just hours later a stuntman was injured in another crash.

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Why do so many crashes happen??!!

 

[Bartek S.]

Bond crashes!

Filming for the new James Bond film Quantum of Solace has been suspended after a string of crashes, the first of which saw the starring car, the Aston Martin DBS, being dragged out of Lake Garda.
The latest incident has left a stuntman in a coma after the shooting for the opening scene went wrong for a second time. It involves a villain chasing Bond¹s DBS in an Alfa Romeo 159.
The Greek stuntman, Aris Comninos, suffered a fractured cranium after colliding with a lorry and is currently described as stable. He was involved in a crash a week ago filming the same scene, with a re-shoot ordered after the production team weren¹t happy with the initial result.
Comninos has a heap of experience, winning a Screen Actors Guild award for his involvement with the Bourne Ultimatum ­ another film with an action-packed car chase as its highlight.
The second incident came on the penultimate day of shooting, with claims the film and its 40 stuntmen are cursed. It all began with scenes of the demolished DBS littering the newspapers after an Aston engineer spun it into the water while driving to a press event ­ incurring a speeding fine rom the Italian police in the process. Despite the drama, he got out and swam from the car unharmed.

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[Bartek S.]

Aston Martin DBS crashed for new James Bond movie

One Aston Martin DBS used for filming in the latest James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace, has already ended up at the bottom of an Italian lake, and now a second car has been crashed into a quarry. Unlike the first incident, which was actually an accident caused by poor weather conditions, the latest crash was scripted as the final climax of the new movie’s car chase.

The simulated crash took place in the mountains of Carrara in Italy and required that the car fly into a marble quarry after being chased by a pair of Alfa Romeos around the banks of Lake Garda. The action scene is expected to form the pre-credits sequence to the movie and will run close to 15 minutes.
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[Monster]

For once, just once, can the movie producer and director please leave the cars alone?

 

[Bartek S.]

Bond fan buys totaled Aston

• 007 turns used car salesman
• Gets £200,000 for £134,000 car
• The Aston Martin DBS had been destroyed in a crash, too

We all know James Bond is more than adept at neutralising international crooks, bedding beautiful women and drinking vodka Martinis – shaken not stirred, of course – but how does he fare as a used car salesman?

Perhaps inevitably, for a man who seems to have it all, the answer's pretty well.

The Aston Martin DBS that crashed into Lake Garda while on the way to the film set of the new Bond film Quantum of Solace has been sold – for more than its asking price when it was in pristine, pre-Bond condition.

The car was destroyed when it crashed off a damp mountain road near Lake Garda, Italy.

The smash was so severe that the car's driver, an Aston Martin development engineer, was knocked unconscious and sank 150 feet to the bottom of the lake, before freeing himself and swimming to the surface. Remarkably, he was virtually uninjured.

The film’s star, Daniel Craig, has revealed that a Bond collector paid more than £200,000 for the scrap metal, despite a DBS only costing £134,000 new.

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[klier]

lol...rich bastard

 

[Giannis]

They were chaising a DVS with a plain Alfa 159. Of course accidents will happen