James Bond: Quantum of Horsepower
Continuing Casino Royale, I burst out laughing to read the following:
“…On the straight stretches the Amherst Villiers supercharger dug spurs into the Bentley’s twenty-five horses and the engine sent a high-pitched scream of pain into the night.”
James Bond’s first car was a twenty-five horsepower Bentley! Suddenly, the 110 horses of my first (and thus far, only) car, doesn’t seem so shabby. 