Corrected entry: The majority of the cars in this film are 1973 Chevrolet's.This is very evident when Bond is being driven to see Felix; nearly every car in the action shots on the highway is a full size Chevy. With a few exceptions, such as the Caddy's and the Pimpmobile in the beginning of the film, its seems most people bought a 1973 Chevrolet. Most of the destroyed police force in the Louisiana were Impalas, and the car chasing Bond when he is driving the bus is a 73 Nova sedan. In the airport scene there is one of each 1973 model - Nova, Malibu, Impala and a pickup. Chevrolet too-obviously paid for the product-placement advertising.
demodon
20th Apr 2007
Live and Let Die (1973)
Correction: This is incorrect. Although a vast majority of the cars appearing in the film are 1973 Chevrolets, let's not forget the 1971 Checker Marathon Taxicab in New York (ironically enough, surrounded by 1973 Chevrolet taxis.), Kananga's diplomatic car (a 1971 Cadillac Fleetwood 60 Special) in New York, the aforementioned Pimpmobile (in actuality a fiberglass shell of a Cadillac El Dorado placed on a Chevrolet Corvette chassis.the conversion, known as a "Corvorado", was done by a man named Les Dunham, who did six more of the vehicles for other films), the 1963 Chevrolet Impala that Bond and Rosie Carver drive to the spot where the secret agent was killed, the 1961 Ford Econoline van that Bond's out-of-control '73 Chevy crashes into, the 1969 and 1972 Ford Galaxies used as New Orleans police cars, and the 1968 BMC Mini Moke that Bond and Rosie drive around in all played relatively significant roles. I'm leaving out the 1927 Mack AB Oyster Truck since it was obviously placed there for comedic value and little else as well as the AEC Regent III double-decker bus, of which GM had no comparable product.
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Correction: The post says the majority of the cars are 1973 Chevrolets; it doesn't say all of them are. The scene where Whispers kills Bonds driver shows the majority of the cars around him are 1973 full size Chevrolets, the already mentioned airport scene, the Novas chasing the bus, the CIA agents car, Most of the police cars until the final scene with the old "door falling off car " bit, are 1973 models, Adams black Chevrolet is an exception, being a 1972.
demodon