![]() Finally, Jinx Johnson is briefly seen driving the one American car Ford wanted featured, its retro-styled (and ultimately short-lived) Thunderbird. The oldest Ford clearly visible, is the 1957 Fairlane convertible that Bond drives in Cuba. Also, Ford had acquired the two highest-volume British auto manufacturers, Jaguar and Land Rover, and wanted to feature their vehicles in this movie as well. Its appearance in the movie earned it the number three spot on the list of Best Film Cars Ever compiled by a British magazine. The Vanquish marked the beginning of a new era for Aston Martin after years of languishing infused with Ford's capital, and designer Ian Callum's widely acclaimed new look, the Vanquish was a critical and sales success. It's also the only Brosnan movie in which BMW vehicles are not featured Ford snapped up the product-placement rights primarily to showcase its significant number of new models introduced near the time of this movie's release, in particular the "invisible" Aston Martin Vanquish Bond drives. The movie's two most prominent product-placement agreements, with Ford (and its Premier Automotive Group, which then included Aston Martin, Jaguar, Land Rover, and Volvo) as well as Omega watches, remained in the subsequent two Craig movies. While many of the stylistic elements of the Pierce Brosnan-era James Bond movies ended with this, his final film in the franchise, several survived to the Daniel Craig movies. ![]()
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