James Bond liked the Cord

A friend advised me of this. Seems as if James Bond author Ian Fleming was a fan of the Cord 810/812 as well. Here's a quote from "[i:nslu0fps]Live and Let Die[/i:nslu0fps]", first published in 1954:

[i:nslu0fps]"... Bond liked fast cars and he liked driving them. Most American cars bored him. ... But Leitner had got hold of an old Cord, one of the few American cars with personality, and it cheered Bond to climb into the low hung saloon, to hear the solid bite of the gears and the masculine tone of the wide exhaust. Fifteen years old, he reflected, yet still one of the most modern-looking cars in the world. ..."[/i:nslu0fps]
(from the chapter "[i:nslu0fps]Death of a Pelican[/i:nslu0fps]")

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