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AMC Matador Coupé

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The AMC Matador Coupé was a two door coupé introduced in 1974 by U.S. manufacturer, American Motors Corporation. The vehicle featured prominently in the 1974 James Bond film, The Man with the Golden Gun. Owned by professional assassin, Francisco Scaramanga, the bronze Matador could transform into a roadable jet aircraft.

History

Francisco Scaramanga and Nick Nack drive a brand-new, bronze Matador Coupé in Bangkok. After a chase with James Bond (driving an AMC Hornet) and the Royal Thai Police, Scaramanga drives into a barn outside Bangkok and transforms the car into a plane, using wings & engine which were previously stored at the farm.

Scaramanga takes off in his AMC Matador while Bond and the Thai police officers are rubbing their eyes in disbelief.

Bond later mentioned to M that he and the police found it abandoned 200 miles west of Bangkok.

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Trivia

  • Scaramanga's flying Matador was based on the real-life AVE Mizar flying-car developed by American aeronautical engineers Henry Smolinski and Harold Blake. Originally slated to appear in The Man with the Golden Gun, plans to use the Mizar were scrapped after both Smolinski and Blake were killed during a test flight on 11th September 1973.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Cork, John; Bruce Scivally (20th September 2002). James Bond: The Legacy (in En). Boxtree Ltd, p.156. ISBN 0752264982. 


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