The Z8's inclusion in
The World is not Enough was the culmination of a product pacement deal worked out with BMW that started with
Goldeneye in 1995 (
Z3) and continued with
Tomorrow Never Dies in 1997 (
750iL).
The Z8 didn't see much action in the movie, and
sawmet itsit's demise at the blades of one of the King Buzzsaw Helicopers. The Z8 was introduced at MI6 headquarters, drove through the Azerbaijani oil fields, and saw combat action on the docks outside of Valentin's caviar factory
onbeside the Caspian Sea outside of Baku. As the Z8 is being sawed in half, Bond remarks: "Q's not going to like
this!"this!". The Z8 was equipped with two retractable, side-mounted
surface to air missle launchers, remote control capability,Surface-to-Air andMissile amazingly,Launchers "sixhidden beverage-cupbehind holders".the Oneforward ofside thefender onlycooling carsvents, inremote thecontrol worldcapability, toand, haveamazingly, six"six beverage cup
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Statistics: - 0-60mph:0-60Mph (0-96Km/h): 4.2 seconds
- chassis:Chassis and Body Construction: Aluminuim alloy aluminum spaceframe chassis and body panels
- engine:Engine: 325.0 valveLiter V832-Valve (400hp) 400Bhp V8
- topTop speed:Speed: 168mph168Mph (271Km/h)
Featured in:
Special Features: - surface Two toretractable, side-mounted Surface-to-Air Missile Launchers hidden behind the forward side fender cooling vents, targeted and airfired misslesvia steering wheel-mounted Multi-Tasking Display and controls
- can Can be completelyremotely controlled and driven by Bond's keychain.Z8 car key
- titanium Titanium armour (you'd think it would be bladeproof)