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Lotus Esprit Type 79 James Bond The Spy Who Loved Me Submarine White AUTOart 1:18

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Lotus Esprit Type 79 James Bond The Spy Who Loved Me Submarine White AUTOart 1:18 75306 Diecast
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AUTOart's 1:18 diecast Lotus Esprit Type 79 wears the white finish of the submarine car from The Spy Who Loved Me. Doors open onto the wedge-shaped cabin. A film-associated piece that pairs Lotus's radical 1970s styling with cinema history for a special-edition display.
Lotus Esprit Type 79 James Bond The Spy Who Loved Me Submarine White AUTOart 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Lotus
Model Manufacturer
AUTOart
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
75306
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About the Lotus Esprit Type 79 James Bond The Spy Who Loved Me Submarine White AUTOart 1:18

TL;DR: AUTOart's 1:18 diecast Lotus Esprit Type 79 recreates the white submarine car from The Spy Who Loved Me, with opening doors over the wedge cabin. A film-linked piece built on one of the most striking wedge shapes of the 1970s.

Giorgetto Giugiaro's angular wedge design already made the Esprit stand out on any road, and its role turning into a submersible on screen gave the shape a cultural footprint most sports cars never achieve.

AUTOart's Diecast Wedge and Opening Cabin

The Esprit's flat panels and sharp creases are exactly the kind of shape a well-tooled diecast can render with real precision, and AUTOart holds those folded edges crisply along the nose, sills and rear deck rather than softening them the way a lower-tier casting might. The doors open to show the low, wedge-profile cabin, and the white paintwork is applied evenly without the film car's underwater rigging, keeping the model as a clean road-going representation of the Type 79 shape rather than a diorama piece. Panel gaps around the door line sit tight for a diecast at this tier, a benefit of AUTOart's typically closer tolerances on shape-critical subjects like this one.

A 1970s Wedge with Cinema History

The Esprit's appearance in The Spy Who Loved Me, driving off a pier and reappearing as a submarine, remains one of the most memorable vehicle sequences in the Bond franchise and did more for the car's public profile than any motoring press review of the era. Owning a replica of that specific white submarine-liveried car connects a Lotus collection to film history as much as automotive history, and its striking wedge shape holds its own visually against later, rounder Esprit generations. It sits well alongside other 1970s exotics or a themed film-car shelf.

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