007 Roger Moore's beloved vehicle in the Bond movies is up for auction - and it's not an Aston Martin
There are plenty of iconic cars to choose from in the James Bond movies, such as the frequently featured Aston Martin DB5, the Lotus Esprit-turned submarine from The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), and the Renault 11 taxi in A View To A Kill (1985).
However, in the eyes of 007 star Roger Moore, there was none more beloved than the yellow Citroen 2CV from the great chase scene in For Your Eyes Only (1981).
One of the automobiles used in that particular all-action sequence was being sold off at auction - after it was rescued from a scrapyard in Paris, France.
The motor's the only 2CV from the movie to ever be offered for auction, despite being one of six cars trashed by the film crew to capture the seven-minute chase where it was up against a pair of Peugeot 504s through the outskirts of Madrid, Spain.
The month-long online sale's already up and running, with the highest price offered so far of $120,000, though the company overseeing bidding believe it could reach half a million dollars by the time bidding ends on July 17.
The chase scene's remembered as one of the best Bond car sequences of all time.
To capture the high-octane scene, all six specially converted 2CVs were battered.
The one up for auction started out as the pristine vehicle used at the very beginning of the chase scene and - despite sustaining plenty of damage - was one of three that withstood the destruction.
The production team customized three of the six cars for filming - though not all were the same.
They were all fitted with a more powerful Citroen GS 1,015cc engine not commercially available in a 2CV (which used a smaller 602cc system), adapting and reinforcing the interior, and giving the vehicles reproduction Spanish-style number plates with the vinyl lettering M-1026-A.
There's more: Once filming was complete, the three modified 2CVs had very different journeys - one was sold to a UK collector, another was retained by Citroen for its private collection, and the third's the one up for auction
This car was used specifically for the driving shots, so it was not fitted with a roll cage as it would have been visible on camera.
Years later, when recalling the famous chase sequence, director John Glen said: 'I love that scene. It was the complete opposite of what one would expect. It's usually an Aston Martin, so I thought let's go the absolute opposite end of the spectrum with a Deux Chevaux.'
Moore proclaimed it to be his favorite Bond car and later wrote in his memoir: 'It was huge fun to drive down through olive groves in.'
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