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Aston
Martin DB5
Probably the most famous of all Bond's cars, the
Aston Martin DB5 (registration number LU 6789 or
BMT216A or 4711-EA-62). It appeared in
Goldfinger, Thunderball and for a
brief high speed race in Goldeneye
(registration number BMT214A). Q's modifications
included two forward firing machine guns, smoke
screen, oil slicks, an ejector seat
and radar tracking system. A bullet proof shield
protected the rear window, while revolving
number plates made the car untraceable. |
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Lotus
Esprit
Lotus Esprit (registration number PPW306R).
Featured in The Spy Who Loved Me.
Equipped with surface-to-air missiles, depth
charges, rear firing mud sprayers, underwater
smoke screens and torpedoes. |
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Lotus
Esprit Turbo
Bond also had a white Lotus Turbo Esprit
(registration number OPW 654W) in For Your Eyes Only, but
the anti-theft device incorporated by Q-branch
was perhaps a little too effective. Later in the
film, he drove a red Turbo Esprit (registration
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Classic
Bentley
Making its only appearance in From Russia
With Love, Bond's classic Bentley is
equipped with a car phone which was years ahead
of its time. |
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Aston
Martin V8
Aston Martin V8 (registration number B549WUU)
featured in The Living Daylights. Wheel
hub mounted laser, spiked tires, stabilizing
skis for driving in the snow and turbo thrust
where among Q's modifications. Dual forward
facing missiles came as standard. Unfortunately
Bond was forced to use the self-distruct button
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BMW Z3
The BMW Z3 roadster featured in GoldenEye.
The roadster was accompanied by all the standard
Q-branch modifications like, rear parachute,
twin stinger missiles, and an in-board satellite
tracking unit. |
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BMW Z8
The BMW Z8 variant features in The World Is
Not Enough. Although R mentions to Bond that
it is fitted with a number of gadgets only a
couple are seen in the film. Whilst at Valentin
Zukovsky’s caviar factory, Bond activates the
BMW remote, automatically depressing the
handbrake and driving closer to Bonds position.
Once inside, Bond targets and activates a
surface-to-air missile destroying one of the
King Helicopters. Meanwhile the second of the
helicopters is busy cutting the wooden pier
behind Bonds BMW in half. The helicopter then
proceeds to cut through the BMW Z8 with ease. |
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BMW 750i
The BMW 750i makes an incredible appearance in
Tomorrow Never Dies. Apart from classic
Q-branch extras, the BMW operated by remote
cellular telephone. The car was best
remembered for its ability to endure the most
brutal attacks. The BMW's short life ends with a
leap from the top floor of a parking building.
Fortunately Q calculated such use by 007 and had
prepared a lucrative collision insurance package |
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Aston Martin
V12 Vanquish
Featured In Die Another Day (2002). For
the 20th James Bond film James Bond once again
drives an Aston Martin. He is introduced to the
Aston during the scene with R in an underground
station. Bond is impressed when R demonstrates
the cars Adaptive Camouflage – tiny cameras on
all sides project the image they see onto a
light emitting polymer skin on the opposite side
– making the car almost invisible to the naked
eye.
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Cars
Bond was forced to use or "borrowed" |
Sunbeam
Alpine
Driven by Bond in Dr. No, the Sunbeam
Alpine is involved in 007's first ever car
chase. |
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Aston
Martin DBS
George Lazenby in On Her Majesty's Secret
Service, drove the Aston Martin DBS. A
classy six cylinder edition from the Aston
Martin DB series released in 1969. |
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Mustang
Mach I
Featured in the main car chase in Diamonds
Are Forever, the Mustang Mach I raced
around the streets of Las Vegas performing some
incredible stunts. Perhaps the most remarkable
was an escape through a narrow alley way, in
which the car drove on two wheels. |
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AMC Hornet
The AMC Hornet was commandeered from the local
AMC showroom by 007 in The Man With The
Golden Gun. The Hornet was particularly
memorable for performing the incredible 360
degree mid-air roll over a river, while in
pursuit of Fransisco Scaramanga |
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Citroen
2CV
Featured in For Your Eyes Only. Bond
used Melina Havleock's Citroen 2CV (registration
number M-1026-A) to elude Hector Gonzles' men in
Peugeots. Although the 2CV was shot, bumped and
rolled down the hillside, it still managed to
help 007 and Melina escape. |
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Mercedes
A Mercedes (registration number BT 36-72)
containing stolen jewelry came to 007's aid in
Octopussy when he needed to catch up with a
train carrying the escaping villain, Kamal Khan.
After losing its tires, the car drove along the
train on the railroad tracks |
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Alfa Romeo
GTV
The Alfa Romeo GTV made a brief appearance in
Octopussy (registration number BT F6 08).
Trying to reach an atomic device, headed towards
an American base in Germany, 007 commandeered
the Alfa from some annoying lady in a village
near by. Driving in great style, Bond was able
to outrun the German BMW police cars and arrive
just in time to terminate the bomb. |
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Renault 11
In A View To A Kill, 007 commandeered a
French taxi driver's Renault 11 in order to
chase an assassin, who made an escape by
parachuting from the Eiffel Tower. The Renault
had its roof chopped off, and then its body cut
in half. Still Bond was able to drive the car to
where the assassin landed. |
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Ford Fairlane
The Ford Fairlane appears In Die Another
Day (2002). Bond is given use of this car
when he asks Raoul for a ‘fast car’. Only seen
briefly, Bond uses the Ford Fairlane to drive
around Cuba. Although the car doesn’t feature
any gadgets, it looks charismatic especially
with Bond in the drivers seat.
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