Lotus Esprit S1 (submarine)

==Description==
Wet Nellie is the behind-the-scenes name given to a custom-built Lotus Esprit submarine built in 1977 for the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. Chosen to give Bond (played by Roger Moore) a glamorous car to drive in the film, the submarine was named in reference to Little Nellie, an autogyro featured in You Only Live Twice, which was in turn named after British actress Nellie Wallace. The submarine, according to the film, was developed by Q-Branch of MI6 and its blueprints stolen by KGB Agent Anya Amasova (played by Barbara Bach).
The submarine was built by Perry Oceanographics of Riviera Beach, Florida; it is a "wet sub" and thus requires its occupants to don scuba gear. In the film the Esprit was piloted by former US Navy SEAL Don Griffin. Six Esprits were used for filming; three were empty bodyshells to show the car-to-sub transformation, two being unpowered dummy cars to show the Esprit entering or emerging from the sea and the actual submarine itself. One of the dummy cars was designed to be fired out of a cannon off the end of a pier while the other was towed out of the sea using a rope hidden under the sand on the beach, with a sweeping mechanism used to conceal the rope as the car was towed out. The actual car is currently owned by South African business magnate Elon Musk, who intends to convert it into a functional submarine powered by electric motors.
==Versions==
The Lotus Esprit S1 has been released in the following 1/64 scale versions:
Col #	Year	Series 	Color	Tampo 	Base Color / Type	Window Color 	Interior Color	Wheel Type 	Toy #	Country 	Notes / Variations 	Photo
 	2014	Hot Wheels Entertainment: The Spy Who Loved Me	White	Black stripe on sides, taillight tampos, 'PPW 306R' on rear license plate	White/Metal 	Dark smoke tint	Black 	Clear Micro5SP	BDT92	Malaysia	Base code(s): G35, G37	75px
==See also==
*Lotus Esprit S1
==Gallery==
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