Jaguar-Land Rover ready to play ‘villain’ in new Bond film

Jaguar C-X75, Range Rover Sport SVR and Defender Big Foot will do their best to thwart James Bond in “Spectre”

Jaguar wants to be known as the bad boy in the premium segment, going with the tagline “It’s good to be bad” for its Super Bowl ad last year. That ad featured three great British “villains” in Sir Ben Kingsley, Tom Hiddleston, and Mark Strong. Now it’s taking the next step, putting up its cars for the villain role in the upcoming James Bond film “Spectre.”

The Jaguar-Land Rover Special Operations group (sounding very Bond-villian like) will provide at least three vehicles for “Spectre”: the Jaguar C-X75, Range Rover Sport SVR and Defender Big Foot. The Jaguar C-X75 will feature in a spectacular car chase sequence through Rome alongside the Aston Martin DB10. The C-X75 vehicles used in filming have been built in collaboration with no less than Formula One mainstay Williams Advanced Engineering’s facility in Oxfordshire, England.

Scenes including the heavily modified versions of Land Rover Defender & Range Rover Sport SVR have already been filmed in Austria. The Range Rover Sport SVR is the fastest and most powerful Land Rover ever. The highly capable Big Foots were constructed by Special Operations with huge 37-inch diameter off-road tyres to tackle the extreme terrain. They also feature bespoke suspension systems and enhanced body protection.

Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles have been involved in a succession of Bond films. Most recently, in 2012, the rugged Defender 110 Double Cab Pick Up was driven by field agent Eve Moneypenny in the opening sequence to Skyfall, conspicuously crushing Volkswagen Beetles and several Audi villain cars.