31 Aug 01
For Brosnan's second Bond film, BMW supplied 7-Series saloons en masse, and there was yet more crass product placement for BMW for its new flagship retro roadster, the Z8. Like the Z3, this was still only a prototype when the film was being made. The cars used in the film were actually highly accurate replicas of the Z8, based on Chevrolet-powered Cobra kit cars built in the UK. Just as well they were plastic, as they didn't last long before they were chopped in half. The new Rover 75 was set to make an appearance as well - Rover being a BMW-owned brand at the time - but in the end, it never made it into the final edit.
