Ben Collins Drives (and drifts) the James Bond Aston Martins.
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- čas přidán 12. 12. 2021
- Ben Collins Drives the inspiration for the very first James Bond Aston Martin.
Aston Martin's first, wickedly fast models were forged at a time when Ferrari's premises at Maranello was nothing but a ploughed field. In Ben's new book, we celebrate a century of innovators who kept the fire burning brightly from the visionary pioneers Martin and Bamford to modern-day design guru Adrian Newey; from a glamorous web of pre- and post-war spies and racing drivers, to David Brown and the achingly beautiful DB models beloved of Bonds past and present.
Ben Collins explores the car with the double-o prefix from a unique perspective behind the wheel, carving through country lanes in his father's V8 Vantage, driving Aston Martins in four James Bond movies and competing against them in the legendary Le Mans 24-hour race.
Ultimately, this is a very British success story: of a triumph of engineering that has burned brightly from the Roaring 20s to the 2020s, and an iconic car that never says die.
Out Now on Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Aston-Martin...
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Ben, this is great. Similar vibe to Top Gear back around when you started. Feels comfy like an old pair of shoes. More please. 😊
Your best ever work! I remember it from when I first saw it on telly; what an intro. I've also got your book as a birthday present and am really looking forward the section on the David Brown cars.
Thank you - the DB years are great and his life journey was incredible, saving the country twice .>!!
Great video , thank you. I love your books from your first to todays Aston Martin book. You seem more comfortable in front of the camera now. I could watch you all day.
Getting there...! Thank you
When I watch, I feel like I’m watching Top Gear, but Ben Collins is the ONLY presenter haha
Jolly Good! Thank you for an enjoyable video. Aston Martin and James Bond are our heritage...
As Commander Bond's stunt driver, Ben is technically James Bond...awesome.
Tough you were silent as The Stig, you surely have a lot to tell, and know how to do it. Quality videos and great production, subscribed and waiting for the next ones :) .
Really great video, thanks!
Beautiful cars both of them. Aston's are simply sublime to look at and pretty good to drive and own.
I like that Vanquish a lot
ah so cool to know! thanks! another great video!
Thank you :)
Beautiful car. Beautiful video.
Nice one Ben, really enjoyed that. Loved the book as a kid, thanks for the history lesson 😍
Glad you enjoyed it! some funny stories in there had me LOL-ing during the interviews!
Wonderful. Quality
Well shot - that's what you get with the old dream team from Top Gear with Jim Wiseman & Co.
@@BenCollinsDrives Thanks for the additional information
we want more content Ben!
My new favourite channel
Fantastic video! Would have sworn it was filmed in Florida :)
You get an American hell yeah! For this vid. Great content
Been searching around quite a bit and here you are. I was wondering before how come a person with a VIP racing background like you doesn't have a CZcams channel. Subscribed!
thank you! the more the merrier!!
Ben Collins should be the next James Bond.
This is pretty much old Top Gear but it’s manned by a mix of Jeremy, Richard, James and The Stig
Loving the content and it's so cool to see you interacting in the comments. I just had to chuckle about 0MPH at 4:30 :) If it's not a broken speedo, I'm betting you're 'keeping the miles off"
Great video. If you get to the eastern US, I would love to have you drive my mother's 1934 Packard Super Eight Coupe Roadster and compare it to her brother's 1936 4 1/2 litre Bentley Drop Head Coupe. Might be a fun video. American vs British 'sports cars'.
So bizarre that these don’t have more views. The algorithm is screwing you somehow
Why is this channel not advertised enough? 😐
We have been starting to film more and build up some content to come very soon. We will be pushing the channel on some other channels soon and appreciate our subscribers spreading the word in the meantime! 🙂
Doing a great job ben good videos think you had a lot more knowledge than he did
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Does anyone know the piece of music at the beginning?
got me there.. not a clue - will ask Wiseman but he'll probably say something unhelpful like "oh its from a library" - will ask
So, why were the other 3 idiots centre stage then? 😂 Great motor jouranalistic segment 👌
That Aston was also seen with Drake..... John Drake behind the wheel.
Aston Martins look and sound awesome. I'm not sure as to owning them, though.
The modern machines are pretty bomb proof - with the occasional savage which is essential ;)
@@BenCollinsDrives If the Stig says it, I'll take it as motor-gospel. Thanks for the reply.
Where was this filmed, this looks like Florida?
Nearly.. it was RAF Bentwaters in. Suffolk !! But agree it looks almost tropical
@@BenCollinsDrives oh wow!
What is your daily?
Land Rover Wolf defender (with some Arkonik TLC) - keeps it real
currently a dirty 997 Turbo - manual gen2 - keeps the cobwebs at bay!
Bond drove a DB Mark III not a DB2/4 in Goldfinger.
Ben…….. do some more 🇬🇧🙂
My dream team to watch would be yourself, Alain de Cadenet and Jodie Kidd…….. sadly, following the demise of the wonderful Alain……. you’re going to have to up your game…….
I will still watch Last of the Summer Tour, but they have descended into full farce…….. Harris is the only good thing attached to TopGear…….
The best of the net is Harry Metcalfe, Car Pervert and JayEmm…… Tim and his Shmuseum drives me potty……… multiple financed hyperbole 😳………… duplication of types and constant chopping and changing, unlike Harry with his harem of old school sluts….. ❤
Just do more……… helmets, you’re better out than in 🏁🇬🇧
Useless cars
Ben would make an excellent James Bond. He has the looks, the charm, and he could do all his own driving stunts. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that he is also a crack shot with a Walther PPK. Well as much as anyone could be a crack shot with a tiny gun like that beyond ten meters. I'm trying to correlate the last four Bond movies with Ben outing himself as the Stig when he released his book. OK, I just took a moment to read Ben's Wikipedia page, and can now see he didn't need his reputation as the Stig to get an in with the movie people. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Collins_(racing_driver)