There’s no denying that actors have it good. Apart from incomes thousands and thousands per film, a few of them additionally take pleasure in occasional perks. Such was the case within the mid-Nineteen Nineties when Pierce Brosnan obtained a “little present, a little gift from BMW.”

It wasn’t so little, although, since Mr. Bond was gifted 188.2 inches of BMW grand touring excellence. He took the keys to a shiny new 8 Series Coupe within the 850 Ci specification. It occurred following the success of Goldeneye, which featured the Z3. The roadster’s inclusion within the film was a part of a three-film deal between BMW and MGM. Subsequent motion pictures – Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough – featured the 750iL and the beautiful Z8, respectively.

A Redditor posted a video from an episode of The Late Night with Conan O’Brien present that initially aired on February 7, 1997, that includes the Irish actor. In this episode, he tells the story of how he was caught rushing in Idaho on the very first day of capturing for Dante’s Peak. Despite reaching a pace of 120 mph, he was let off with only a warning. In trade for letting him off the hook, the cops wished to understand how the Goldeneye movie crew pulled off the bungee soar, shot on the Verzasca Dam in Switzerland.

His excuse for going manner above the pace restrict? “I didn’t realize it because the car was so good, so smooth!” On the first-generation 8 Series, BMW engineered the attractive coupe to robotically elevate the home windows after reaching 100 mph to cut back wind noise. The 850 Ci outmoded the 850i however there was a interval when each had been in manufacturing.

For some time, BMW made the 850 Ci with two totally different engines, the M70 and M73. Pierce Brosnan had a more recent mannequin, so his automobile got here with the larger and extra highly effective 5.4-liter (as a substitute of 5.0-liter) unit.

We’ve discovered what seems to be like an old ad with the car, stating it is a 1996 mannequin with 49,820 miles (80,177 kilometers) on the clock. We’ve reached out to the proprietor in California, however chances are high we can’t get a response.