007 Lotus Esprit ´submarine car´ [Classic Projects]

AFICIONADOS of the James Bond movie franchise will recognise the vehicle in the blueprint as the modified Lotus Esprit S1 from ´The Spy Who Loved Me´. The car takes centre stage in an exhilarating car chase, during which it converts into a submarine to make its escape underwater. The 007 Lotus Esprit is routinely voted the best movie car of all time and, as with so many of Bond´s gadgets, it comes armed to the teeth with all kinds of explosives, weaponry and other fiendish devices to assist with the defence of Queen and country. Known as ´Wet Nellie´, the wet-sub was named after the Wallis WA-116 Agile gyrocopter ´Little Nellie´ in ´You Only Live Twice´, that had in turn been named after the music hall star and actress Nellie Wallace.