After a fierce battle in the bargain finally stopped in USD989.000 numbers. There is no description of the identity of the buyer at the time , but a month later the South African electricity skipper and CEO of Tesla Motors , Elon Musk said that he was the owner .
" A wonderful thing for a child in South Africa while watching James Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me Lotus Esprit driving on the outskirts of the dock , press the button and then transformed into a submarine , " Musk said in an email to USA Today , Friday ( 18 / 10/2013 ) .
Musk also expressed his disappointment because he was late to know that this car does not dive can actually turn into a submarine . " What I would do is change it using the system activator belongs to Tesla and make it real , " he promised .
The scene turns into a submarine car as secret agent James Bond , who was then played by Roger Moore browsing and then attacked by the female villain of the helicopter . In order to maintain the elegance of a typical 007 and also do not want to create panic brown -haired beautiful woman at his side , Bond steers the car into the dock , press the button and the car was turned into a submarine .
Tires folded into four , fins came out and drove the car did not stop at the water depth to avoid missile attacks from helicopters . This whole incident recorded in 1 minute 26 seconds .
Elon Musk does not explain in more detail what modifications would be like he did . Is it dry cabin like a submarine or make it like in the movie need scuba gear for the passengers . There's more for missiles fired into the water .
