A couple of months ago we reported on a story that was quite astonishing actually.

A man from Long Island had bought a storage unite for $100 – and in it was the biggest surprise of his life: James Bonds’ famous Lotus Espirit from the film, ‘The Spy who Loved me’.

Since it’s find, the classic 1977 Lotus travelled to London to rest in the capable hand of RM Auctioners. That as until a fe days ago, when the famous car was finally bought by none other than the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk.

It is reported that Musk paid the handsome sum of $866 000 for James Bond’s ex-ride.

Tesla has been doing rather well over the last year and maybe Musk thought he could treat himself to a (very) special gift.

No word yet on what Musk plans on doing with the Lotus. Perhaps he would like to keep it as a statue or maybe he wants to fic it up and really drive it around. We’ll have to wait and see.

Until then, check out a scene from the movie below with the famous car in action – with none other than Mr. Bond behind the wheel:

Source: CarBuzz