Jaguar Land Rover has officially announced that the Jaguar C-X75, Land Rover Sport SVR and Defender Big Foot will appear in the upcoming Bond film SPECTRE.

Spy shots from the set in Austria already revealed the special Defender and some Range Rovers. Rumours about the Jaguar C-X75 started to circulate online already in December 2014, but finally Jaguar has confirmed that this unique sports car will be seen in Bond 24.

Special Vehicle Operations, the new bespoke and high performance division of Jaguar Land Rover, has modified the cars for the movie. Managing director John Edwards said: “This is an exciting partnership for Jaguar Land Rover, and an opportunity to demonstrate the fantastic capabilities of the team.”

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Jaguar C-X75
The Jaguar C-X75 supercar debuted as a conceptcar in 2010 with a hybrid powertrain that employed micro-turbine diesel engines. Jaguar originally planned to build 250 cars at a price exceeding $1 million, but cancelled the program due to the global recession.

The C-X75 vehicles have been built in collaboration with Williams Advanced Engineering facility in Oxfordshire, England. The C-X75 in SPECTRE will reportedly use the F-Type coupe's 5-litre supercharged V8 as opposed to the original concept's hybrid drivetrain.

The Jaguar C-X75 will feature in a spectacular car chase sequence through Rome alongside the Aston Martin DB10.

Land Rover Defender Big Foot
Land Rover calls the heavily modified Defender the 'Big Foot' due to its massive 37-inch off-road tyres. Originally built by Jaguar Land Rover as a support vehicle for the company's Iceland, Finland, and Morocco product launches, the Big Foot is fitted with several foul weather and terrain modifications including bespoke suspension systems and enhanced body protection.

Range Rover Sport SVR
The Range Rover Sport SVR is Land Rover's fastest and most powerful production car ever. With 543 horsepower and high-performance suspension, brakes, and tyres, the SVR managed to lap the notorious Nurburgring Nordschliefe test track in just 8 minutes and 14 seconds last year. Not only the fastest SUV ever, but that time puts it firmly in supercar territory, and only 10 seconds slower than an Audi R8 V8.

Scenes featuring the Range Rover Sport SVR and the Land Rover Defender Big Foot have already been filmed in Austria in January.

The Jaguar and Land Rovers will be used by villains, most likely members of SPECTRE. The main villain Franz Oberhauser, played by Christoph Waltz, will drive the Jaguar C-X75. It is likely that henchman Hinx (played by Dave Bautista) will drive the Defender, as it seems to fit his character.

The move to provide the film's villains with a car is in line with Jaguar's "Good To Be Bad" advertising campaign, which mainly focuses on the Jaguar F-Type sports car.

It is not the first time that we see villains in a Jaguar: in Casino Royale (2006), Le Chiffre and Mr. White drive a Jaguar XJ, and in Quantum of Solace (2008) Dominic Greene also drives a Jaguar XJ. In Die Another Day (2002), Zao uses a heavily modified Jaguar XKR.

In the 2012 movie SkyFall, the JLR vehicles were used by MI6: the rugged Defender 110 Double Cab Pick Up was driven by field agent Eve Moneypenny, and M is driven around in a Jaguar XJ-L.

007.com has released the first behind the scenes footage of SPECTRE and it looks amazing! Scroll down to watch the video.

We can see clips of what will be a spectacular car chase in the Alps, and a bit of action of Bond himself outside the ICE Q restaurant in Sölden.

The scenery of the mountains and modern ICE Q restaurant and cable car look stunning and two Land Rover Big Foots and Range Rover speeding along the snow give use the first sense of what the film will look like. Dark colors (Bond's dark outfit, the dark grey vehicles and the black airplane) against the white snow, mixed with a beautiful sky.

A first image was also released at the same time, showing Bond with goggles, ribbed gilet, gloves, pants and gun withe the Land Rover and Defenders and snowmobiles in the background:

The mountain top location is slightly reminiscent of On Her Majesty's Secret Service Piz Gloria, and the cable car brings back images of the cable car scene in Rio De Janeiro in Moonraker.

“We have to deliver an amazing sequence and this is going to be one of the major action sequences of the movie,” explains Associate Producer Gregg Wilson. “It’s going to be spectacular and Austria seemed to offer everything that we needed to pull it off.”

The behind the scenes footage includes Daniel Craig as James Bond 007, Léa Seydoux, Dave Bautista and director Sam Mendes. “The thing Sam and I talked about was how we are going to top SkyFall”, says Production Designer Dennis Gassner. “We are going to continue the history of the Bond films, making things that are exciting for the audience to look at and what could be more exciting than to be on top of the world.”

Watch the first SPECTRE footage below:

Read the Ultimate Guide to find out what Bond is wearing in the Austria scenes.

SPECTRE © 2015 MGM, Danjaq

In case you haven't noticed yet: Belvedere is the vodka brand associated with the movie SPECTRE. If the vodka will be seen in the film and who drinks it is not yet known, but the advertising campaign featuring Stephanie Sigman is already in full swing, making sure you know the name, and you know the recipe.

I was lucky to be invited to a few Bond related Belvedere events in the past year, and they all have been very luxurious and stylish, but the latest event in Amsterdam on 8 October was a real Bond experience.

The evening started in The Oyster Club bar at the Olympic Stadium, with of course a never ending supply of Belvedere martinis, shaken not stirred.

A select group of members of the Dutch press gathered at the stylish bar. While networking, drinking a martini and having cocktail party appetizers, guests were mysteriously taken away in small groups of 2 or 3, by a beautiful and mysterious woman. 

After about an hour almost every guest had been taken away and I was one of the few still holding a martini (in a special frosted SPECTRE martini glass) at The Oyster Club.

But then finally it was my turn. Instead of joining others, I was taken away alone, without words, but with gestures I was guided to a small door and stepped onto a dimly lit path that led to the oval athletic race track in the center of the Olympic Stadium.

As soon as I took my first steps along the path into the darkness, I saw and heard a sportscar racing towards me, curving around the athletics track, screeching to a halt at the end of my path. I could just see that it was a beautiful silver grey Jaguar F-Type convertible with a red soft top.

Jaguar F-Type S Convertible on the running track

The driver got out and opened the door for me, inviting me in the passenger seat. Good thing there was a chauffeur, as driving the 380HP sportscar myself after drinking a few martinis would probably end up in a world record breaking rollover, the complete destruction of the car and an even bigger hangover.

As soon as the driver and I were settled in the smooth leather seats of this brand new F-Type (less than 500 miles on the clock), the driver took off with skidding wheels and roaring V6 engine, and raced along the second half of the running track, and out the other side of the stadium, into to bustling streets of Amsterdam.

What followed was a high speed tour of the city, towards the next secret destination. As I admired the sound of the car as it accelerated and screamed through tunnels, I was handed a SPECTRE envelope, which contained a message and clue for the next location. It didn't make much sense yet, but the experience of the exciting drive was already distracting enough.

I found out during the trip that other guests were driven in the latest Ranger Rovers and Jaguar XJs to this secret location. But I was happy to be one of the lucky ones to get a private ride in the stunning F-Type sportscar.

After about 15 minutes trying to break every speed limit in the city, we arrived in the north of Amsterdam, and I was dropped off at the Faralda Crane Hotel, a unique hotel with 3 designer suites built in an old freight crane (see the website for some great images of this hotel).

Crane Hotel, Amsterdam

The Crane Hotel entrance. Not exactly Christmas, is it?

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A female lift girl took me in a industrial looking crane elevator to the bar of the hotel where, not surprisingly, more Belvedere martinis were served. I ordered a dirty one here, while I was told to wait for two other guests to arrive.

Crane Hotel Bar

A 'dirty' Belvedere vodka martini

Together with my two new allies (the Managing Director at Moet Hennessy The Netherlands and a fellow journalist, Albert from MisterCocktail.nl), we solved riddles and puzzles in one of the hotel rooms.

One of the many puzzles in the room

We finally found a gold clad Bond girl sleeping in one of the bedrooms, who we had to wake up with a secret code. Our group turned out to have solved the mystery the fastest of the whole evening, probably because I was the only Bond fan, which made some of the questions fairly easy!

Erm, what was the question again?

But the evening was far from over: the race though Amsterdam was continued on the river IJ in a hand crafted Waterdream speedboat.

The boat took us to another location (with just enough time to drink another cocktail during the trip) where once again our vehicles were waiting for us for a final ride.

The Waterdream boat came with built-in cooler and bar

I switched cars as I wanted to experience the Range Rover Sport and Mister Cocktail was happy to exchange his comfortable Range Rover seat for a more sporty Jaguar ride.

Goodbye Jaguar. Hello Range Rover.

The brand new Range took me to the fancy 5-star Okura Hotel in the center of Amsterdam, where one of the top floor bars was turned into an exclusive party, with models and martinis as far as the eye could see.

I must be dreaming

As if I didn't have enough Belvedere vodka that evening, the goodie bag at the exit included a 70cl SPECTRE Belvedere bottle. Living like Bond is never easy.

Thanks to Nicole Canoy (LVMH The Netherlands) and Gili Papier (Maison PR) for this exciting Bond evening.

Find out more about the Belvedere SPECTRE bottles here or visit the Belvedere website.

Photos by Bond Lifestyle and Jacob van Rozelaar

Tweaked Automotive, a company offering bespoke vehicle conversion packages and customisation, currently offers a special edition release, the SPECTRE Edition Land Rover Defender.

Tweaked Automotive Land Rover Defender, SPECTRE Edition

This fully customised Defender is a replica of the car seen in SPECTRE, driven by villain Hinx.

2015: Land Rover Defender Big Foot in SPECTRE

For the James Bond movie SPECTRE (2015) Land Rover created the Defender Big Foot. Based on the Defender 110, the car was heavily modified by Land Rover's Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) department.

The original Land Rover Defender SPECTRE

The Big Foot is fitted with several foul weather and terrain modifications including bespoke suspension systems and enhanced body protection. The movie car was named 'Big Foot' due to its massive 37-inch off-road tyres.

The car had a prominent role in the film during the chase through the Austrian mountains. The scenes involve SPECTRE henchmen kidnapping Madeleine Swann in a Range Rover Sport SVR and two Land Rover Big Foots, while James Bond is in pursuit in a Britten-Norman BN-2 Defender airplane.

2016: Tweaked Automotive SPECTRE Edition Land Rover Defender

Skip to 2016, when Tweaked Automotive decided to honour the Land Rover Defender with a special edition based on the car seen in SPECTRE.

Tweaked Automotive Land Rover Defender, SPECTRE Edition

In 2015, Land Rover ceased the production of the much loved Defender model, that has been around since 1948. For the James Bond movie SPECTRE (2015) big screen movie was on release featuring SVO’s designed 110 DCPU Defenders with their most purposeful stand featuring top spec components only seen on few off road rigs.

Tweaked Automotive Land Rover Defender, SPECTRE Edition

This was enough to light the spark leading to the decision to proceed on a concept for a never done before 90 chassis Defender to be based on the Land Rover seen in the Spectre film. Making this a world first taking people by surprise going by the positive comments received after the teasers and launch video.

The external parts were true to the ones used by SVO on the original design. Tweaked Automotive worked very hard to ensure this build was authentic as possible and utilised the highest quality components available.

Custom Made bumber on the Tweaked Automotive Land Rover Defender, SPECTRE Edition

Tweaked Automotive carried out a large amount of custom work and fabrication which was required to ensure certain components fitted together correctly and functioned; such as the roll cage and fixed snorkel. The bumper was custom made to mimic the bumper used in the film with the raised sides and a few more details required custom work.

On this build Tweaked Automotive gave the Defender 90 a two-inch lift and opted for the 35 inch Maxxis tyres rather than the 37’s used on the film car that are more suited to the 110 body.

35" Maxxis tyres on the Tweaked Automotive Land Rover Defender, SPECTRE Edition

A full suspension overhaul with uprated springs/shocks, replacement heavy duty radius arms, adjustable panhard rods, heavy duty steering arms, uprated steering damper and a full upgrade to poly bushes were carried out to ensure the drive and handling matched the exterior and performance upgrades.

An Aston Martin meets the Tweaked Automotive Land Rover Defender, SPECTRE Edition

In hand with that the engine is given a stage three tune ECU, air filter, exhaust system and intercooler boosting the power to around 185-190 BHP and raising torque levels to around 490 NM. Tweaked Automotive uplift the complete interior with their supportive leather bucket seats, leather interior upgrade, a more compact leather steering wheel, satellite navigation with full 6-view front and rear cameras and a few other unique touches, such as a built-in torch in the dash and a starter button and engine cut-out switches.

This project and build took around eight weeks of research, design and the gathering of parts, fabrication and fitment of the vast number of components required for this build.

Available as either a 90 or 110, Tweaked Automotive can build this edition to a Defender supplied from stock or to a customers existing Defender or to a specific Defender sourced for the customer.

Special plaque on the dashboard Tweaked Automotive Land Rover Defender, SPECTRE Edition

All the Tweaked Automotive Spectre Edition Defenders are supplied with a comprehensive build book, a numbered interior plaque and unique exterior plaque.

Find out more at www.tweakedautomotive.com

Jaguar Land Rover announced today it has entered into a three-year partnership with 007 ELEMENTS - a state-of-the-art, interactive experience center that is entirely dedicated to James Bond.

Photo © 007 ELEMENTS

007 ELEMENTS is located in the Austrian town of Sölden, in a special building at the top of the Gaislachkogl, at 3,050 meters altitude, next to the Ice-Q restaurant that was used in the film SPECTRE as the 'Hoffler Klinik'.

Visitors can fully immerse themselves in the world of James Bond at 007 ELEMENTS. Interactive displays with technical information about Jaguar and Land Rover are part of the experience, as are the Land Rover Defender and the Range Rover Sport SVR used in SPECTRE.

Land Rover Defender and Range Rover Sport in SPECTRE

Range Rover Sport and Land Rover Defender in SPECTRE

Visitors will also see the latest Jaguar Land Rover technology, such as the artificial intelligence systems and 90kWh lithium-ion battery from the electrically powered Jaguar I-PACE performance SUV. These techniques have also been used for the Jaguar C-X75 concept car that emerged in SPECTRE in the blood-curdling chase scene across Rome.

Land Rover Defenders and Range Rover Sport in SPECTRE

Models from Jaguar and Land Rover have been making an appearance in nine Bond films since 1983. The first was Octopussy, in which protagonist Roger Moore as James Bond made a savage escape in a Range Rover Classic convertible, driven by Bond-girl Bianca (Tina Hudson).

Mark Cameron, Jaguar Land Rover Experiential Marketing Director, said: "From one British icon to another, Jaguar Land Rover is proud to be part of 007 Elements, the new James Bond experience. We have collaborated with EON Productions and Cable Car Companies Sölden to showcase our Bond vehicles and latest technologies in this unique installation overlooking the Ötztal Alps."

Dave Bautista in the Range Rover Sport in SPECTRE

Land Rover Defender in SPECTRE

007 ELEMENTS opens its doors on 12 July 2018.

More information coming soon at www.007elements.com

Photos SPECTRE ©2015 Danjaq, LLC, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.

Land Rover officially announced that the New Defender will appear in No Time To Die.

The 25th Bond film is the first movie to feature the New Defender, the latest legendary vehicle to star in a James Bond car chase sequence. The New Defender has been tested by the 007 expert stunt team in the most extreme off-road conditions, demonstrating its unstoppable nature.

Footage captured during filming of the upcoming movie gives a unique, behind-the-scenes view of stunt co-ordinator Lee Morrison and stunt driver Jess Hawkins at work.

“Designing and co-ordinating the action sequences for the Bond franchise requires a non-compromising mindset. We needed an unstoppable vehicle to help us battle against the elements, steep descents and river crossings so we chose the new Defender. I'm beyond impressed that the Defender is not only back but much, much better!”
- Lee Morrison, James Bond Stunt Co-ordinator

The New Defender provides ground clearance of 291mm and world-class off-road geometry, giving the Defender 110 approach, breakover and departure angles of 38, 28 and 40 degrees (Off Road height) respectively. Its maximum wading depth of 900mm is supported by a new Wade programme in the Terrain Response 2 system, so drivers can ford deep water with complete confidence.

Land Rover’s design team worked closely with Special Effects and Action Vehicles Supervisor Chris Corbould on the specification of the Defenders in the film.

Based on the Defender X model in Santorini Black, with darkened skid pans, 20inch dark finish wheels and professional off-road tyres, they were the first Defenders to be built at Jaguar Land Rover’s new production facility in Nitra, Slovakia.

"No Time To Die is a brilliant way to showcase the New Defender’s capabilities in the latest jaw-dropping James Bond car chase. It’s been hugely exciting to continue our relationship with EON Productions and work with their teams to deliver a spectacular sequence."
- Richard Agnew, Global Communications Director for Land Rover

Land Rover / Range Rover has a long-standing partnership with EON Productions on the Bond films, which began in 1983 when a Range Rover Convertible appeared in Octopussy.

Alongside the Defenders, No Time To Die also features the Range Rover Sport SVR, Series III Land Rover and Range Rover Classic. The film will be released globally in cinemas from April 2 2020 in the U.K. through Universal Pictures International and in the U.S on April 10, from Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios via their United Artists Releasing banner.

You can configure your new Land Rover Defender at www.landrover.com/Defender

No Time To Die is directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and stars Daniel Craig, who returns for his fifth film as Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007.

Land Rover, an official partner of No Time To Die, has released a tv commercial for the New Defender featuring spectacular footage for the stunt sequences.

The Land Rover advert features three New Defenders in action on the No Time To Die set. The rehearsal footage in the ad shows the New Defenders launching into the air and being driven through swamps and rivers.

Some of the footage was already shown in this short feature about the stunt work.

The chase sequence in No Time To Die was led by stunt coordinator Lee Morrison working alongside Oscar-winner and special effects, action vehicles supervisor Chris Corbould.

Lee Morrison stated: “We pushed the Defender further than we believed possible to generate the maximum excitement, and to give fans an insight into the uncompromising challenge of producing an incredible chase sequence which you can look forward to seeing in No Time To Die.”

Pushing the Defenders to their limits was stunt driver Jessica Hawkins. Jessica commented: “It doesn’t get any more exhilarating than being a stunt driver in a James Bond movie and it’s an honour to be a part of this incredible movie driving the new Defender.”

Watch the new Land Rover Defender fly into action in rehearsals for No Time To Die:

Land Rover / Range Rover has a long-standing partnership with EON Productions on the Bond films, which began in 1983 when a Range Rover Convertible appeared in Octopussy (1983).

In No Time To Die, we will also see a Land Rover Series III and Range Rover Classic.

Land Rover has presented a limited edition New Defender V8 Bond Edition SUV inspired by the cars that will appear in No Time to Die.

The Land Rover New Defender V8 Bond Edition features a number of bespoke styling details that expand on the Black Pack version and reflect the car's features in the 25th Bond film.

Watch a video of the new Land Rover Defender V8 Bond Edition:

New Defenders were used for a sequence for No Time To Die. In one scene, three Defenders are chased by three motorbikes, while a helicopter is involved as well.

Land Rover provided ten Defender 110s for the film, including stunt vehicles. The film cars were the first 10 ever built on the production line and carry serial numbers ending in 001 to 010.

See the cars in action in this behind the scenes video from the No Time To Die set:

The limited edition tribute Defender models are all black and equipped with puddle lights that project the 007 logo onto the ground when you approach them along with 007 badging and infotainment system graphics.

The James Bond Defender is available as a 90 or the larger 110 size model.

The Land Rover Defender V8 is powered by a 518 hp 5.0-liter engine and the Bond Edition rides on 22-inch wheels with Xenon Blue brake calipers peeking out from behind them.

Only 300 models of the special 007 Defenders will be produced, with 15 going to the UK and 68 going to the US, each with a laser-etched limited edition number.

The UK price is £105,395 for the 90 and £108,040 for the larger 110 model. The US prices are starting at $115,950.