Lotus Esprit turbo 1000mile drive to Cortina to re-live the Bond movie 'For Your Eyes Only'
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 พ.ค. 2020
- The Roger Moore Bond movie called 'For Your Eyes Only' features a Lotus Esprit turbo, which Bond drives to Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Italian Dolomites. In this video, I take my Esprit there to re-live those classic moments in the film and find out more about this chic Italian ski resort. The full story is in this month's Octane Magazine, which is on sale from Wednesday 27th May.
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As a kid, my dad took me to the movies to see For Your Eyes Only. We took the Cortina to see the Lotus.
Ford right ? ;) 🇺🇸😎🏎
@@audimetallica Ford Cortina Mk 3
Ha ;-)
In 1982 I took my mates to see the movie at the drive-in in my dad’s Peugeot 504, and was excited to see two 504s chasing Bond’s 2CV down the (Greek) mountain. This was just after the white Lotus exploded, so Bond grabbed a lift with the girl.
My dad had an estate one in red when I was a kid. Must have been 1982, one of his first company cars.
The video nobody asked for but we all wanted! This will cure the lockdown blues - thank you Harry 👍🏻
So well stated...
@@newbeginnings8566 agreed. 👍🏻
@Joe Home Just think twice before posting nonsense
@@milesfarrimond2445 It's an old video, Pillock.
@@milesfarrimond2445 As a subscriber you might have noticed that Harry was pretty strict about lockdown and didn't even drive featured cars outside of his backyard. So you are just overreacting for all the wrong reasons. There is a video "1000mile Euro-trip" from January and this Cortina detour was obviously part of the trip.
Hi Harry, My father has a 1981 Esprit s2.2 which he has had since 1982, as the second owner. It was his daily driver and commuting car for over 30 years, now she gets used about every other week. The car has done about 140k miles, and it is a real testament to Lotus engineering. It's never had a restoration, just been lovingly cared for and carefully maintained over the years.
2 years ago, we drove it to classic le mans. I've driven it plenty of times, but never over that kind of distance. The driving was incredible, the handling sublime. The car just ate up the miles, and as driver or passenger it was easy to forget we the car was almost 40 years old! We camped just off site, and covered 1200 miles all in.
I love the Esprit, and it's great to see another one on the road being driven "properly"
Cortina was home away from my home, Venice. As a teenager, I would spend most weekends and some weeks skiing in the most beautiful spot of the Dolomites. As a four years old boy I saw the Winter Olympic games, and I stayed for one month at the Miramonti Grand Hotel with my family. That year I also witnessed the first solar eclipse of my life, seen through primitive smoked shields. At the bob sleight track event, one bob sled went straight over one curve and hit a tree, I believe the driver died. I remember the tree shaking, all its snow falling down the branches from the hit, and the sirens and the red spinning flashlights from the police and fire engines. One winter we rented a large apartment that had a close view of the Olympic trampoline, long after the games, but that piece of beautiful, elegant architecture, still was an iconic part of the landscape. Anyway, thank you for showing this video that brought back so many cherished memories.
The Lotus driver had to come along the Italian coast and nor through the dolomites to Cortina because back in those days there was so much snow !
Now there is nothing.
That is exactly what I was thinking.
The name is Metcalfe, Harry Metcalfe.
Harry would make a good Q....
....... 😁
He has a license to chuff
shaken but not stirred !!!
Licence to drive
24 seconds in and I already couldn't possibly love this more.
Am I the only one who almost missed this video because he thought he had already seen it, thinking it was the Lotus visiting the Bond museum. Luckily for me I took a closer look and enoyed another of Harry's wonderfully informative films.
Brownalebelly Thanks for letting me know. I’ve changed the thumbnail to see if it makes a difference as vid wasn’t getting the initial views I expected, so maybe you weren’t alone..
@@harrysgarage Wow! Harry read my post and wrote to me. I feel honoured. Please keep up the great work.
Totally fallen in love with these early turbo Esprits
I've always loved them too.. but I had a friend who owned one. He paid cash in full for it, but he always joked that he "Got it for $20K down and easy-to-make payments of $1000 a month for life". Heh. And I'm not bagging on exotic ownership costs. I own a 355, so I fully embrace the pain.
Harry’s the Grandfather of TH-cam.
Harry is the best by far on TH-cam for any real automotive reviews!
Thanks Harry and please go on for at least another decade!
Best regards from Austria, Gerhard!
Grandfather of Car Media, considering how long he’s been with EVO
houseofwine, well said. It’s what we’re all thinking.
Nicholas Todd, indeed, Harry’s been around. Inclcuding the artic circle in a white Rolls 😃
Even Gerhard Berger uses Harry as his goto for all things automotive on TH-cam.
The era of 'For Your eyes only' represents one of the happy periods of my life. Loved the film - loved Roger Moore and loved the Turbo Esprit too. An early Essex turbo would be in my dream garage. You now need to find a Gs engined 2cv to blast around Corfu in! Did Lotus help out with your fitted Ski racks for the trip ??
No help on the ski rack but Lotus did put me in touch with Dave Minter and supplied some of the period photos.
My brother and I worked on The Spy Who Loved Me he worked in Special Effects and drove the motorcycle sidecar pod that blew up the bedding truck plus assisted in all the vehicle effects. I was the transport manager for the catering dept. Drove out to Sardinia from Pinewood and helped cater for the chase scenes, flew back to London and ram rodded a 2nd convoy out to Venice for the crossing to Alexandria for the Egyptian scenes.
I have spent 7 years in Egypt working on construction projects, of course the 1st visit was the most fun and having to spend time with Roger Moore, Barbara Bach/Star and Richard Kiel. Even assisted Cubby Broccoli cook a meal for the entire crew in The Valley of the Kings 500 miles down the River Nile.
PS: The vegetable Broccoli is named after Cubby's father or Grandfather.
For Your Eyes Only Ken my brother had the job of preparing the 2 CVs for the Corfu scenes, there were 5 cars in all one kept standard as the Pretty Car. The other 4 had different equipment added, an arrester hook the catch the car on the downward chase through the olive grove. They were fitted with larger 4 cylinder GS engines, roll cages etc. At the premier Ken drove a stunt man and his girlfriend to the cinema and did a hand brake turn and deposited them at the front door.
@@TheByard Great story behind some great films - thanks for sharing!
The 2cv scene was shot in Spain not in Corfu
Roger Moore's 007 era, Cortina and it's beautiful surroundings, what's not to like. Thank you very much for this guide.
“Anyone who drinks a Don Perignon 52 can’t be all bad”
Yes but this was in 1962 :-)
How about Phu Yuck? (edit 74)
@@barrettus "Phu Yuck?!"
@@PieAndChips lol th-cam.com/video/uoQgKAb16nY/w-d-xo.html
Superb nostalgic story Harry.
Stunning scenery and car.
I love how you drive a supercar to Italy and still want to save 40 cents a litre by filling up in Austria :-)
That is why he can afford the supercars 👍🏼
@@GenaF True - and creating a very succesful magazine :-)
The skis attached to the back would totally wipe out the 40cL saving.
Well, when I held that "100 ottani" pistol at Cortina's Eni station, my thoughts were pretty similar to Harry's :-)
Nothing like a good pandemic lockdown to keep those roads nice and quiet, and to drive down the cost of fuel ! No this is surely not being filmed this May ? I love cars, I really do...But I love people more. And the mountains and the scenery aren't going away...so, please respect the need for staying home at this time !
That car looks right at home there, beautiful.
I've watched so many HG videos...never said cheers to Mrs HM..for doing a great job in the passenger seat and always being a great trooper👍👍
Harry is a car guy who isn’t afraid to take his cars on trips. Epic road trips
and put them in magazines to make a lot of extra cash when he flips it. LOL.
The old saying is true: Money brings money.
This was my pin up car when I was a child.
I remember my elderly grandmother telling me that in the future cars will be made of plastic.... all I could think about was what would happen to my favourite car. I was only about 6 yrs old at the time. 🤔😆
Simply wonderful.
Stuck in lockdown for three months, I have polished my car so much I think it has expanded by about 4 centimetres! This makes me realise that its the road trip that makes owning the car special.......many plans afoot to take my car on far flung adventures it really is the best way to enjoy them...thanks for the enlightenment Harry!
Wow, the red film version of the car is stunning, the wheels are well nice.
I love a lazy Sunday when there is a new Harry's Garage.
I love that all of Harrys cars, no matter what the age are treated to a trip to Europe. All of the cars are "used" and enjoyed.
For Your Eyes Only has always been my favorite Bond movie, with my favorite Bond, Roger Moore, if course. Then I fell in love with the Esprit as perhaps my favorite supercar, still. Lastly, Cortina di Ampezza has become perhaps the place on the planet I want to visit more than any other. Such a great episode! Thank you!
Many thanks. When I watched For Your Eyes Only prior to doing this trip, I'd forgotten how much I bloody loved it! Much more fun and entertaining than recent Bonds, plus Roger Moore plays it so well, with snippets of humour that are completely absent from Bond films today.
@@harrysgarage Totally agree. For your eyes only has this nice "stripped down" approach compared to Moonraker before. Little to no gimmicks, but some of the best shots and scenes in James Bond history, including the Meteora in the end. Now off to Autoscout24 to do some Esprit window-shopping, thanks Harry....my better half's gonna kill me.
You name it all, but you forgot stunning young beauty Melina 😂😂😂👍
@@houseofwine7704 and BARBARA BACH as Major Amasova ........stunning Woman .For your Eyes only , i was 13years old and sneaked into the cinema , cause it was only allowed up to the age of 16.Thinking back to this movie i think it was so special to see it at the age of 13 ,that it must have made this impression to me that i still remember today hom i felt during and after the movie .
Harry's garage There was the typical Moore humour, but there was a much more serious tone to this one, the opening sequence is quite harrowing. Lots to like (Topol was brilliant) and certainly one of my favourite 007 films. I know this is blasphemy, but I actually quite liked the bronze Esprit.
I remember watching For Your Eyes Only for the first time as a kid and was blown away by how stunning the bronze coloured Esprit was..then I was gutted that it got so little screen time.
And Roger Moore is by far my favourite Bond. Excellent video Harry thanks and good on you for letting that lovely car stretch its legs.
The field of view out of this car is amazing! Perfect for a trip into the mountains ^^
Nobody does it better. More Bond cars, and if possible, in their movie locations, please, Harry.
The view is spectacular..and the car...a dream.
This is fantastic Harry , Brings back so many memories ... You Nailed it
Oh boy! So jealous! My Esprit S2 restoration is just beginning, would love to do a trip like this when complete!!
the car on the piste was magnificient... I don't know but there is something about an exotic car being in winter condition where it don't belongs and having skis on top was icing on the cake.
Harrys passion makes the difference. He has the edge on everyone else here on youtube.
What a fun trip. Thanks for sharing this, Harry. Most of us won’t ever be able to make this trip, and very few people, if any, will do it in an Esprit Turbo.
Where can you see cool cars, travel reviews, history lessons and amazing scenery? Harry's Garage
Oh, the views through the window are simply mesmerizing
I assumed 007 was being sarcastic about rebuilding the Lotus and that the red Esprit was it's replacement. Love the way your Lotus sounds - just like in the movie !!!
The Lotus is still a stunning piece of design after all these years. Love a good road trip video Harry! 🚗😀👍
It is a timeless design and what does blow my mind about the Esprit is it had a 28 yr production run which is unheard of and Lotus improved on the Esprit every couple of years, bigger engines, better transmissions and gear boxes and they did tweak the backend a bit. Lotus is the BEST driver enthusiast car company
Awesome on Another Level
Fantastic re visit to a great old Bond movie.
Sir, you have a charrmed life. Wonderful story telling. Thank you for providing another TV car moment.
I love the way H elegantly gets out of the Esprit... I’d roll on use the door sill to drag myself up!!
Just about to enter the classic world (944) planning a trip already!! Thanks H 😘
great vid , i found a piston out one of these the other day cleaning my house out
Well done, just find three more and you've got a full set!
@@harrysgarage sadly the chunk missing out this one reminds where the others and the rest of the car ended up
I’ve ridden that road many times on my motorbikes as I live in southern Austria , 60 miles from Cortina , epic road !
I love the Lotus in the burnt copper w/ tan interior for FYEO flick, due to the snow and the contrast. White was great and perfect in Spy Who Loved Me and looks fine, but with the snow in the background, the darker color was truly awesome, it took your breath away. Especially that evening arrival when Roger first drives up to the hotel. Cheers from Tokyo
The best Esprite of them all !!
You aced it Harry. A new high. Possibly because For Your Eyes Only is my favorite "Roger Moore" Bond film, and brings back memories of the days when I was an impressionable teenager, riding dirt bikes with my friends and playing Dungeons & Dragons. I've always been fascinated by Cortina (possibly because of the film) and you've given me the impetus to get there QUICKLY before they tear down the stuff I really want to see. Congratulations again.
Brilliant. You the car and the trip down memory lane.
With all the CUMMINGS and goings,Harry pops up with a video to make us smile,well done Harry.
Always enjoyed your videos the cars and the journeys. Never retire Sir :)
Thanks for the support but this is what I'd be doing if I did retire anyway!
@@harrysgarage Just a pity you're not reviewing the 2021 version of the Esprit.
I enjoy soooooooooo much your trips Harry, thank you for taking us with you!
Nothing like a Harry’s Garage road trip.
I have been to Cortina twice but to go there with a Lotus Esprit would certainly up the Bond feeling even more and would be dream like. Thanks for the video!
Great location, great roads!
This video, and the two ones with Rolls in Norway are my favourites for sure. Those two Bond movies starring the Esprit are easy on my top five of the Bond movies. Thank you for this fantastic drive to Cortina.
Thanks for realising my childhood dream Harry.
On of the few car youtubers that know the value of outside shots of the car driving.
Your roadtrip videos are always the best. Thanks for sharing!
Harry, thank you for bringing joy into our lives during the lock down (in the uk). Grazie mille
brings back many memories of living in Europe and traveling to these lovely places, merci
I was in Aix and turned in the rental because the parking lot has not come of age in France et al
There’s something about a white Esprit against a white snowy background that spells adventure...maybe I grew up watching too many Bond movies. Thanks Harry for taking us on this drive adventure!
Still one of my all time favourite cars ( I once got detention for sketching esprit's on the front of my school exercise books ! ) and one of my favourite bond films , notable for the fact the music was by Bill Conti and his synths, much to the derision of the purist bond fanatics , John Barry was not available at the time . As always a magnificent roadtrip vid Harry and many thanks. 👏👏👍👍
Brilliant- as always, Harry. Thought I was having deja vu until you cleared that up. Cheers
Very underrated 80's car
Can we talk about the fact that M. Metcalfe does all the camerawork when Harry roars off into the distance - in the cold too! Surely a small part of her must be going, 'He'd bloody well better come back.'
Great content as always, thanks Harry.
"How does it look in the snow?"
'It's all white!'
PandaPapa146 That’s why Q Branch and Eon Productions repainted in Bronze when it was “put back together”
I always wondered why it wasn’t white as it seemed a bit of a sore thumb for a secret agent.
@@lotusgroup123 whoosh
Another great road trip video, thanks Harry
A video to get you stirred not shaken. Bravo Mr Metcalfe you bring a little brightness back to us petrol heads. One of the cars in my dream garage 👍🏻
One of my all time fav Bond films. First time we see Moore being a cold hearted Bond, when he kicked assassin Locque off the cliff
No matter what car you're diving,you have plenty of style. Love to see your videos.👍👍🥂🥂
Paolo 74 was the “diving” a Freudian slip or a coy reference to the submarine feature of the film car?
Either way, well done! Ciao!
Harry, your road tripping videos are the best. Still remember Testarossa through Sahara, Espada down to the coast - re-watched them few times over the years. Inspires me to go for a longer drive or ride everytime I watch it. Thanks for sharing and stay safe. Need to chase that Octate magazine now.
Great to see old wheels being used as they were designed for. I'm sure C Chapman would approve
Great video Harry! Reminiscing my Esprit S1 and S2.2. Drove my 2 years old son down to the Geneva Motorshow in my S2.2 back in 1998. A very happy toddler with eyes big like saucers in a bespoke Lotus child seat hardly seeing out of the windshield ... the foldaway baby buggy in the back... glorious memories...
Brilliant!
I love this so much. Inspiring.
And you are ..... Metcalfe , Harry Metcalfe shaken not stirred..................wonderful video Harry ....... watching your adventures is such a tonic i can’t tell you.
One of the prettiest cars from the glorious era in which one could colour co-ordinate your Lotus with your Carlsson Glastron... The metallic and metal flake colours, such as the actual Bond car, were just fantastic
When my daughter was born, my wife and I wanted a Greek name and we both chose Melina, after Melina Havelock in For Your Eyes Only.
Great video Harry. Looks amazing against the snow
Epic video Harry that is my favourite Bond movie
Thank you for bringing us this JOY.
Superb stuff yet again Harry 👌🏻
Another great video Harry, awesome to see the James Bond sites now, amazing.
What a great storyteller!
Love everything in this video. The Lotus, the James Bond lore and the scenery!
Best Bond car. Roger was best Bond
Oui et oui! (Just in French?)
Roger yes, car no. The S1 in the spy who loved me is the best bond car.
"With these on I can walk on ice".
I'm sure you could walk on water too Harry!
my favourite place on earth. Being there winter and summer since I was 6.
Always loved that Lotus Esprit...
Great video Harry. I was there when they made the film and i met Roger Moore also.
3:05 it's not the wastegate you hear when changing gears, it's the dump valve
bleeding of pressure in the induction ( intake) compressor side to keep the turbo spinning so it'll spool up quickly when applying throttle again when in next gear and also reducing load/stress on the turbo shaft when the throttle closes (when changing gears).
Cheers!
I think you'll find that these era Esprit's didn't have dump valves. My (later model) 1989 Chargecooled SE definitely didn't. Some owners fitted aftermarket ones on their cars for the reasons you said.
@@ImperrfectStranger Maybe it has a afterwards installed one then, I just reflected him describe the sound it made when he changed gear.
I know some cars do not have one. I had a Citroën xantia tct and it did not have one.
It probably depends how much boost the engine is designed for and the diameter of the compressor intake. A larger intake daimter will probably bleed of pressure easyer.
@@habbybud Spud, let me know if you see one in the video. At one point, the cameraman shows a shot of the top of the engine. The plumbing looks stock.
@@ImperrfectStranger just because the plumbing looks stock dose not equate to a dump Vale not being afterinstalled.
You might not see it. I'll watch the clip again. Cheers!
@@ImperrfectStranger Nope! Couldn't see one.
“With these I can drive a Lotus and walk on ice” 🤣🤣 Genius
The most beautiful model LOTUS ever made in every versions of it. Everytime i think LOTUS, this is what comes to my mind.
Lots of for your eyes only was filmed in Corfu
Indeed 😃
As The living daylight was mostly produced in Austria. Actually near Cortina, Just over the Austriam border in the nature region called WEISSENSEE lake.
Agreed white for James Bond and black for baddies.
racialist!
Silver birch (and that olive green dbs from ohmss, forgot the actual name of that colour) want to have a word with you.
I thought Harry was being a baddie, momentarily - doing a Dominic Cummings - but the snow was a bit of a giveaway. Although 'For your eyes only' was made in 1981, the styling of the Lotus Esprit and the Roger Moore connection gives it a 1970s feel - in the best possible way, of course. Harry was doing a pretty good Bond impression too - shaken not stirred.
@@FenderUsa calm down. White for bond black for baddies.
James Bond should remain an English guy. END OF
Wow, this is my favourite episode of yours. Thank you! When I watched 'For your eyes only' in the 80s, that was the happiest time of my life. Sir Roger Moore was a great guy, saw him once in Gstaad in the 80s. Unforgettable!
One of the best Bond movies....
This characteristic burble of the engine at idle or low revs reminds me to my Saab 900 turbo 16V. It sounds a bit like a boat!
Tis the dream
I remeber when this bond film came out, great to revisit!
Great story thanks.
Pinewood studios was used for rock group rehersals in the 1970s and i was there with a top group not long after the making of the Bond film. Outside the entrance to our studio was a car, covered up, looked intriguing to me so I had to look and it was a Lotus Esprit. Obviously used in the movie and missing engine/gearbox, suspension and mechanicals, but had a chassis, I was very interested to find out more about it and if it was for sale as I was looking for my next hobby project and this was perfect. It was one of three cars used for filming, I was told, one for driving shots, one for under water and this one for interior shots. To my amazement it was for sale and i was asked to make an offer, so did some research only to find that the original gearbox was from a Citroen Maserati. Very dificult for me to find one of those so I didn't make any offer, as much as i would have loved to own that J.B.Esprit.👍🏽👍🏽🇬🇧🇬🇧