Mini GT 1:64 — Lotus Esprit Turbo | James Bond 007 | White | #MGT00907 | Blister Pack | Die-Cast Collectible

The Mini GT 1:64 — Lotus Esprit Turbo — James Bond 007 — White — #MGT00907 — Blister Pack is a breathtaking die-cast tribute to one of the most iconic, celebrated, and culturally immortal James Bond cars in the entire 007 franchise — the white Lotus Esprit S1 that transformed into a submarine in the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me, the tenth James Bond film starring Roger Moore as 007 and one of the most beloved and celebrated entries in the entire Bond canon, featuring one of the most extraordinary and memorable automotive sequences in cinema history. The white Lotus Esprit — registration plate PPW 306R — driven by Roger Moore's James Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me and famously plunging into the sea off the coast of Sardinia before transforming into a fully functional submarine — the “Wet Nellie” submarine car — equipped with torpedoes, mines, a surface-to-air missile, and an ink screen to evade pursuers, is one of the most celebrated, recognisable, and emotionally powerful James Bond cars ever created, a car that has achieved a level of cultural immortality that transcends the automotive world and has made the white Lotus Esprit one of the most iconic and sought-after Bond car collectibles in the world. The Lotus Esprit S1 — designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro of Italdesign and unveiled at the 1972 Turin Motor Show as one of the most beautiful and aerodynamically sophisticated sports car designs of the 1970s, powered by a mid-mounted 2.0-litre 907 inline-four engine producing 160 hp in standard specification — was one of the most celebrated and visually extraordinary British sports cars of its era, combining extraordinary styling with the lightweight, driver-focused sports car philosophy that had defined Lotus since Colin Chapman founded the company in 1952. The Esprit's appearance in The Spy Who Loved Me — for which a specially modified submarine version was built by Perry Oceanographics at a cost of approximately $100,000 — transformed the Lotus Esprit from a celebrated British sports car into one of the most iconic and culturally significant automotive symbols of the 1970s, a car that became synonymous with the glamour, sophistication, and extraordinary gadgetry of the Roger Moore era of James Bond. The actual submarine Esprit used in filming was famously discovered in a storage unit in Long Island, New York in 1989 and subsequently purchased at auction in 2013 by Elon Musk for $997,000 — making it one of the most celebrated and valuable Bond car auction results in history. Presented in Mini GT's signature blister pack collector's packaging as catalogue number MGT00907.

A must-have for James Bond 007 enthusiasts, Lotus Esprit devotees, The Spy Who Loved Me film collectors, Roger Moore Bond era admirers, Giorgetto Giugiaro design fans, Wet Nellie submarine car collectors, Colin Chapman Lotus heritage admirers, and serious die-cast collectors seeking a premium Mini GT miniature of one of the most iconic and culturally immortal James Bond cars ever created.