Amazon Studios set to swap James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 for Wienermobile

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The new owner of the James Bond franchise looks set to ditch his classic British sports car for a Wienermobile, according to sources close to the project.

Amazon MGM Studios, who recently acquired complete creative control over 007, is keen to alter the tone of the British super-spy’s silver screen outings, moving away from gritty, emotionally resonant beats to slapstick American comedy.

As such, Bond will swap his classic 1960s Aston Martin DB5 for an unwieldy, wildly impractical and even more conspicuous version of the universally recognised Wienermobile.

“Apparently there were rumours of giving him a V12 Aston Martin Valiant with an AI-powered assistant and putting him in the middle of a new cold war, but that was quickly dashed because ‘it’s what everyone will expect’,” a source told TopGear.com.

“So, the producers are working night and day on refining a stone cold classic – the Wienermobile – and outfitting it with a host of outlandish, hilariously ill-suited gadgets,” the source added.

When pushed on the creative dissonance between 70+ years of traditional, elegant and visually-appropriate 007 spy cars, the source said: “There’ll be like, three spin-off series explaining the complicated back story of how it morphed from a simple Silver Birch Aston Martin DB5 to a bright orange Wienermobile that makes fart noises.”

Sources report 007’s new Wienermobile will be equipped with a mobile sausage grinder, a projectile ketchup dispenser and a horn with his new signature ‘whaa-whaaaa’ catchphrase.

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