If you haven't already seen the trailer for the new James Bond film, Spectre, then you really should update your YouTube subscription. While we may be the worst kind of biased Fleming-heads, this looks like it's shaping up to be cracking follow-up to the majesty that was Skyfall. Script leaks and Sony email hacks notwithstanding. Anyway, even in his worst films (cough, Moonraker, cough) James Bond is always the epitome of cool and thanks to the films being keen to follow on from Ian Fleming's own obsession with cars (he drove a Ford Thunderbird, reported on Le Mans for Reuters and invented Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) the 007 films have always been hot-spots for hot cars. Spectre looks no different, with Bond getting a shiny new Aston Martin DB10 - a car designed and built exclusively for the film by Aston Martin. It'll never go on sale. Although next year's all-new DB11 is likely to draw a great deal on the DB10's styling. Here then, is a shot-by-shot breakdown of the car-on-car action that will feature in Spectre...
1. Aston revealed.
Wouldn't we all like to have a secret wall that parts to reveal our gadget-festooned Aston Martin? Here, Bond (centre, played by Daniel Craig) is being shown his new company car for the first time by Ben Wishaw's (left) Q. MI6 general dogsbody Bill Tanner (Rory Kinnear) is on the right.
2. "A few little tricks up her sleeves..."
But of course she does, although Q's insistence that the DB10 will do 0-60 in 3.2 seconds sounds a bit on the quick side. Movie magic at work.
And yes, we'd look as smug as Daniel Craig if someone offered us an Aston on the company's books. "Don't forget to fill out the BIK form 007..."
3. A good, hard shift.
A manual geabox! Praise be, Bond gets to do his own shifting this time out. (Doesn't he always? Ed.) And he can drive up walls, or at least up the embankments of the river Tiber, which runs through Rome where the film's epic car chase is set.
That's No.1 Henchman Mr Hinx behind, in Jaguar's CX-75 mid-engined supercar. He's played by Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista, while the CX-75, in spite of not being an actual production car, plays itself.
Jaguar binned the prototype plugin hybrid system developed by Williams F1 and stuffed in a 550hp supercharged V8 from an F-Type so that the CX-75 could keep Bond's Aston honest on the streets of Rome.
4. Background gems.
Look behind Bond's elbow. An Aston Martin Rapide. Has Gaydon given MI6 a bulk discount? Look over Q's shoulder. Bond's personal 1964 DB5 is being fettled.
5. Enter the Range Rover.
Here comes a Range Rover Sport on a snowy road. Bond driving?
6. Convoy.
A Land Rover convoy (Range Rover Sport SVR in front, Defender behind) gets menaced by a turbopro aircraft. (A Britten-Norman Islander, fact fans.)
7. Extended warranty sir?
Judging from the smoke and broken glass, we'd say Bond's invalidated the warranty on that Range Rover Sport.
8. Options list.
Are enormous hand-cannons an official Land Rover SVO option?
9. Dropping in to say hello.
Plane/Land Rover interface gets ever closer. This isn't going to end well...
10. "We apologise for the late arrival of the inbound flight..."
It was busy mowing down specially modified Defenders.
11. The Aston approaches Rome.
Just as we hear the silky, dangerous voice of chief-baddy Christoph Waltz for the first time.
12. Garage access.
Honestly, some people just can't wait for the valet parking service... Bond's Aston is bottom right and the car park also seems to contain a few Merc SLSs and possible a Porsche 959?
13. Henching a speciality.
Dave Bautista's Mr Hinx gets to grips with the CX-75. Probably in the McDonald's drive-thru.
14. Car chases car.
It's a new movie innovation this one - one car chasing another through the streets of a well-known city, Never been done before.
15. Power steering.
"Carve me up at the roundabout will you? You'll get yours..."
16. Catching Bond's drift.
The Aston gets all slidey-slidey on Rome's cobbles. Honestly officer, my foot slipped...
17. Rifle bolt gearshift.
Looks like MI6 is sticking with the sensible policy of equipping all of Bond's cars with bullet proof glass. Lot's of angry husbands and insulted restaurateurs out there...
18. Rat run.
Bond and Hinx seem to have found a way to get around the worst of Rome's commuter traffic.
19. Ronseal moment.
That button is labelled 'Backfire.' It does exactly what it says on the tin.
20. Jaguars. So hot right now.
See? Back. Fire. Backfire. Geddit?
21. Short back and sides sir?
The Aston turns an Alfa 166 into an impromptu convertible. Wonder why Alfa never thought of this as a valid production method?
22. Q's not going to be happy.
"Do please try to return your equipment intact for once 007..."
23. And fade to gunshot...
Right, we're sold. Where's the tickets? Where's the popcorn?