the great bond mystery

[Tom Nas]

Brett Dikeman <quattro at pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net> wrote:

>So, one of the better known(and early) Audi-in-movies entry...The
>Living Daylights features a 200 quattro used as a getaway car,
>picking up some russian general(who manages to comfortably fit in the
>trunk :-)

My fellow countryman, Jeroen Krabbe, plays this part really badly.

>The trunk has the 5000-style middle button, and the lettering on the
>trunk says "200 quattro" and the tags are the older plastic "fat"
>letter style

As did all 200s here in Europe before '86, the 200 was never called 5000 
here. The type 44 200 was introduced in late '83 I think.

>-Front bumper is euro style, as are headlights(no parking light
>segments, and euro turn signals/fogs)

Again, standard fare here.

>-door handles are not flush, but the wheel wells are flared

The door handles are standard for '87. The wheel wells are the only 
non-standard bit.

>-rims are the 15x7.5's(very wide machined lip is very clearly there),
>possibly 16 inch rims, hard to tell

I think they're either 15x7 or 15x8.

>-movie was produced in 1987, well before the type 44 saw the 20v
>engine, well before the 20v engine saw anything, for that matter, and
>well before (I had thought) the flared wheelwell type 44.

I've heard that Audi had some prototypes running around for the V8, looking 
like normal type 44 200s in everything but the wider wheelwells. There used 
to be one here in Holland, so the story goes.  The V8 was introduced in 
'88, 200q20v came in '89 (all European dates).

I have The Living Daylights on video and intend to capture a few stills 
from it for the relevant section on my site.

Regards, Tom