What? Well, Sebastian Faulks, author of the new Bond book, claims that Bond's first choice of car was a Bentley.
A Bentley?
While we research that literary twist on 007, we asked -- as car afficionados -- asked, so, what model? The new book, titled "Devil May Care", is the 15th novel in the Bond series, and takes place in 1967. A spokesperson for Bentley guessed the new ride to be the 1967 T-Series.
A few more choice details can be found at Telegraph. Our take? We wonder that the fact that a Chinese company now owns the name and is manufacturing Aston Martins had anything to do with this change in rides. What next? No more martinis, shaken, not stirred?