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Simon Cowell has taken delivery of a classic-style Mini built to replicate the Lotus Esprit Turbo driven by Sir Roger Moore in the 1981 007 film, For Your Eyes Only.
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This is no ordinary Mini but a one-off built to the specification requested by Simon.
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Built by British firm David Brown Automotive, its remastered range of the iconic British car cost in the region of £100,000 a piece.
To replicate the look of the Lotus that appears in the movie, the Silverstone-based brand has painted the Mini in the same 'copper flow' and 'sahara gold' scheme,
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The For Your Eyes Only Lotus is widely regarded as one of the most iconic Bond cars, even despite the fact it's not an Aston Martin.
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That is what you call a set of wheels. We wouldn't like to scrape the kerb with those.