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Bentley
Bentley Mark IV
Contrary to the films, James Bond's official car in the Ian Fleming
novels was a grey 1933 Bentley convertible. The car featured a 4.5 L
engine with the Amherst-Villiers supercharger. In the novels, no gadgets
were installed as this was Bond's personal vehicle that in Casino Royale
is mentioned as being a hobby that Bond enjoys working on. Its only
armament, in the novels, is a .45 Colt Army Special revolver Bond keeps
in the glove compartment. The novel version of the Bentley Mark IV was
destroyed during a chase sequence in Moonraker. The Bentley is also
the very first Bond vehicle seen in the film series, although it was
shown very briefly during Bond's first scene in From Russia with Love
and mentioned only in passing in Goldfinger. In From Russia with Love,
the only gadget known to be included was a car phone, which in 1963
was very uncommon. The film version of Goldfinger strongly implies that
the Bentley was issued to Bond by Q-Branch when he asks Q about the
vehicle, only to be told that it had "had its day" and is given the
Aston Martin instead.
Bentley Mark VI
Made in 1953, Bond purchases his second Bentley towards the end of the
novel, Moonraker. Like his previous Bentley, the Mark VI is grey with
dark blue leather upholstery. After Moonraker this model is never mentioned
again.
Bentley Mark II Continental
This Bentley was featured in the novel Thunderball and is Bond's final
Bentley. Bond upgrades the engine from a 4.5 L engine to a 4.9 L. The
Mark II was also grey; however, the interior was black leather. The
Mark II Continental is last seen in the novel On Her Majesty's Secret
Service where Bond upgrades the vehicles once again with an Arnott supercharger
controlled by a magnetic clutch. Bond dubs the car "the locomotive".
Bentley Mulsanne Turbo
Bond purchases a Mulsanne Turbo in John Gardner's Role of Honour. The
car is British racing green with magnolia interior. It is outfitted
with a long-range telephone and a hidden weapon compartment.
Aston Martin
Bamford & Martin 1.5 litre Side Valve
The Bamford & Martin 1.5 litre Side Valve Short Chassis Tourer was
James Bond's first car. He inherited it around Easter 1933 in the first
Young Bond novel SilverFin from his uncle Max at the age of thirteen.
Bond regularly drove the car, although he was underage, and stored it
in a nearby garage while he attended Eton. The car was destroyed in
the third Young Bond novel, Double or Die, in December 1933 leading
Bond to replace it by purchasing the Bentley Mark IV shortly thereafter
in the same novel.
Aston Martin DB5
Featured primarily in Goldfinger. The most famous Bond car of all, it
came with all the usual Q refinements that have been copied from movie
to movie including Front and rear extending over-rider rams
Front firing .30 calibre Browning Machine machine guns behind the front
indicators Retractable tyre slashers (three eared spinners) Retractable
rear bullet proof screen Radio telephone concealed in secret door compartment
Radar scanner in racing type wing mirror, tracking screen in the cockpit
Passenger ejector seat (the most memorable gadget) - roof panel jettisoned
just before the seat is fired Oil slick ejector from nearside rear light
cluster Triple spiked nails (calthrops) from the offside rear light
cluster Cartridge for smoke screen released through the exhaust pipes
Revolving number plates (BMT 216A - UK, 4711-EA-62 - France and LU 6789
- Switzerland) Armaments drawer under front driver seat Bullet-proof
front and rear screens . While being the most recognised Bond car, it's
actually only been featured in five films (Goldfinger, Thunderball,
GoldenEye, a small appearance in Tomorrow Never Dies, and Casino Royale
- to this list can be added The World Is Not Enough, though shots of
the DB5 being driven to MI6's Scottish HQ were cut, leaving its only
appearance a confusing satellite image at the end of the film). In the
novelisation of GoldenEye it is stated that Bond purchased the DB5 as
his own personal vehicle, although the 2006 version of Casino Royale,
which reboots Bond film continuity, shows Bond winning it in a game
of poker in The Bahamas; as such the Casino Royale version of the vehicle
is the only one that is not outfitted with special equipment (Brosnan's
DB5 is shown to have special features in GoldenEye). The DB5 also made
cameo appearances in the comedy film, Cannonball Run, driven by Roger
Moore's character, and in the TV-film The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.,
George Lazenby, playing a Bond-like character referred to as "JB", drives
a DB5 (with the licence plate "JB"). It also appears in numerous other
films in association to Bond including a small cameo in Catch Me If
You Can (2002) where the main character purchases one to be like Bond
and The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) in which Geoffrey Rush,
playing Peter Sellers, is shown driving one at the time of making Casino
Royale, even though in real life that film did not feature the vehicle.
A model is currently on display in the International Spy Museum in the
Penn Quarter neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Aston Martin DB Mark III
Bond drives a DB Mark III, which is referred to as a "DB III" in the
novel Goldfinger. The "DB3" was a car designed specifically for racing
and is unlikely that Bond would drive one. The DB Mark III is often
called the DB III and is more comparable to its description in Fleming's
novel. This car was the only gadget-laden vehicle to be mentioned in
the original Bond novels, though Fleming generally avoided gadgetry
in his books. It included switches to alter the type of color of the
front and rear lights, reinforced steel bumpers, a Colt .45 pistol in
a trick compartment under the driver's seat, and a homing device similar
to the DB5 in the film.
Aston Martin DBS
Featured in the movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The car was seen
in only four scenes, including the pre-credits teaser and as James and
Tracy's wedding car. Nothing is known about what kind of gadgets were
installed, except that it had a hiding place for a sniper rifle in the
glovebox. Obviously - given what happens at the end of that movie -
it was not fitted with bulletproof glass. The DBS is glimpsed in the
subsequent film, Diamonds Are Forever, parked up in Q Branch back in
London when Bond calls Q from Amsterdam. It is having a large pod of
missiles lowered into its bonnet. A New Aston Martin DBS which is based
off Aston's Le Mans racer the DBR9 was driven by Daniel Craig in Casino
Royale.
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Volante
Featured in the movie The Living Daylights. A convertible, it is later
"winterised" with a hardtop. It comes with all the usual refinements,
including extending side outriggers, spike-producing tires, missiles,
lasers (an update of the DB5's tyre-slashers), signal-intercepting smart
radio, head-up display and rocket propulsion. It could also self-destruct
when primed.
Aston Martin V12 Vanquish
or, as the new Q likes to call it, the "Vanish." Featured in the movie
Die Another Day. The car is equipped with all the usual refinements,
including front-firing rockets, hood-mounted target-seeking guns, spike-producing
tires, again and a passenger ejector seat in homage to the original
Aston Martin DB5, but used here in a clever bit of improvisation by
007 to right the car when it's been flipped onto its roof. The Aston
was also equipped with "adaptive camouflage" - a cloaking device that
allowed it to become effectively invisible at the push of a button.
This vehicle was also featured in the video games Nightfire (2002) and
Everything or Nothing (2004).
Aston Martin DBS V12
The limited-run DBR9-based 2007 Aston Martin DBS was featured in the
21st Bond film, Casino Royale. [1] Although it is obviously a "Q" branch
item, no special gadget was visible other than the secret compartments
which housed Bond's Walther P99, and an emergency med kit which includes
components of an emergency medical link to MI6 HQ, antidotes to various
poisons and a small defibrillator.
Lotus
Lotus Esprit S1
Featured in The Spy Who Loved Me. Possessed all of the usual Q refinements,
including surface-to-air missiles and rear-firing adhesive sprayers
to blind pursuers. The main feature of the car was, however, its ability
to transform into a submarine. Once transformed, it could unleash depth
charges, harpoons and a smoke screen. Though not mentioned in the final
film, the car was nicknamed "Wet Nellie".
Lotus Esprit Turbo
Featured in For Your Eyes Only, this vehicle was cosmetically similar
to the S2, but mechanically different, as it exhibited no submarine
capabilities (there are gadgets implied, but not seen). It was most
notable for its remarkable security system, which detonated and destroyed
the car when Gonzales' henchman broke the driver's window in an attempt
to break in. Q Branch provided a second Turbo to Bond - in burgundy
instead of white - later in the movie.
Lotus Formula 3
Featured in the unofficial Bond film, Casino Royale (1967), this souped-up
car is driven, very briefly, by Evelyn Tremble (Peter Sellers), one
of several agents given the code name James Bond 007.
BMW
BMW Z3
Featured in GoldenEye. A controversial choice for some Bond purists,
it being the first non-British production car to feature in a Bond movie
as the spy's primary mode of transport. A convertible, it comes fully
equipped with "all the usual refinements" including a self-destruct
system and stinger missiles located behind the headlights. The car in
the film is only driven briefly in Cuba, and Bond ends up trading it
for Jack Wade's plane.
BMW 750iL
Featured in Tomorrow Never Dies. Used in Germany, the (mostly) bulletproof
car came equipped with a security system that would deliver electrical
shocks to intruders unless disarmed by Bond's mobile phone. Also had
a security compartment in the glove box that wouldn't allow anyone access
without Bond's fingerprint. The 750iL could be controlled remotely via
Bond's cell phone, which opened up to show an LCD screen displaying
the driver's view of the car. Defense mechanisms included rockets mounted
in a hidden hatch in the roof, self-sealing and re-inflating tires,
a cable cutting device in the front hood emblem, tear gas sprayers and
caltrops that dropped from the bumper. Its windshield (despite able
to withstand sledgehammer blows) and rear window were shot out by an
RPG from Elliot Carver's henchmen in a parking garage, but Bond eluded
them and drove the 750iL off the roof via remote into a car rental store
at street level.
BMW R1200 motorcycle
Featured in Tomorrow Never Dies. Stolen in Saigon it was used in the
chase sequence ridden by both James Bond and Wai Lin of China, when
some Range Rovers in pursuit. Around the same time the movie was released,
the BMW 750iL and R1200 could be purchased in a special promotional
deal for $149,000 CAD.
BMW Z8
Featured in The World Is Not Enough. Equipped with "all the usual refinements"
including ground to air missiles, a key chain that can control the car
remotely, and, as R proudly points out, six beverage cup holders. The
car is sawn in half by a brush-cutter-equipped helicopter late in the
film. So far in the film series, this marks the only occasion when Bond
has expressed concern about Q being upset with James wreaking havoc
on cars and equipment. Ironically, this takes place after Desmond Llewelyn
makes his final appearance on the screen as Q.
Ford Motor Company
1964 Lincoln Continental
Featured in Goldfinger; Used by Oddjob to transport Mr. Solo to the
airport after he refuses to take part in Goldfinger's plot to raid Fort
Knox. However, Oddjob pulls into a layby and shoots Solo, and disposes
of the body by destroying the car in a scrap metal compactor.
1964 Ford Ranchero
Featured in Goldfinger; Used by Oddjob to retrieve the crushed body
of Mr. Solo and remains of the above mentioned 1964 Lincoln Continental.
Oddjob drove past James Bond and Goldfinger in the driveway of Goldfinger's
Kentucky Estate to display the crushed mass.
1964 Ford Mustang Convertible
Featured in Goldfinger; Tilly Masterson is seen driving a white Mustang
- the convertible is damaged after Bond shreds the tires and lower rocker
panels. This was the first appearance of a Mustang in a feature film.
1965 Ford Mustang Convertible
Featured in Thunderball. Fiona Volpe drives a sky blue Mustang while
in the Bahamas, and gives Bond a lift back to his hotel, taking the
car up to 100mph on a tree lined country road.
1965 Ford Thunderbird
Featured in Thunderball. The car in which Emilio Largo arrives at S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
headquarters in Paris. He parks illegally in front of the building and
almost receives a parking ticket, until the police officer recognizes
him.
1965 Lincoln Continental
Featured in Thunderball; The black limousine version of this model was
featured in the Thunderball teaser. It is the vehicle that escorts the
widow of "deceased" S.P.E.C.T.R.E. agent Jacques Boitier to her chateau.
The silver convertible version was later driven to Emilio Largo's Palmyra
estate by James Bond.
1969 Mercury Cougar convertible
Featured in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. This car is owned by Tracy
Di Vincenzo and features prominently in Bond's escape from Piz Gloria.
1971 Ford Mustang Mach 1 Fastback
Featured in Diamonds Are Forever. After escaping henchmen Bond is picked
up by Tiffany Case in this car while in Las Vegas; Bond uses it to elude
the Las Vegas Police (all of the police vehicles including the security
guard vehicles at Willard Whyte's Techtronics Laboratory are 1971 Ford
Custom 500s except for the Las Vegas P.D. which were 1970 Fords).
1971 Ford Econoline
Featured in Diamonds Are Forever. Dr. Metz is driving a van which Bond
sneaks into.
1964 Ford Thunderbird
While not an official Bond car, Felix Leiter and his partner from the
CIA are driving a Ford Thunderbird in the film Goldfinger. A tracking
device similar to the one in Bond's Aston Martin DB5 was incorporated
in the car's instrument panel.
1977 Ford Cortina 2.3 Ghia
in The Spy Who Loved Me where Karl Stromberg's thugs are pursuing Bond
on a highway in Sardinia (with Jaws as a passenger), Bond sprays grease
on the windshield where the car runs off the road - this is where Jaws
walks away).
1985 Ford Bronco
driven by CIA agent Chuck Lee in A View to a Kill.
1987 Mercury Grand Marquis limousines
A black one carries Truman-Lodge and the Asian drug-dealers from Isthmus
City to Sanchez's processing plant. It is left inside the plant after
Bond sets the plant on fire, in Licence to Kill. In a deleted scene,
President Lopez can be seen getting out of another one, this one white
with Republic of the Isthmus flags on either side of the hood. Both
are persumed to be '87s (they could also have been '83s-'86s) because
the front fascias are prior to the 1988 facelift.
1989 Lincoln Mark VII LSC
Featured in Licence to Kill. Bond drives a beige LSC model while he's
in the Florida Keys in the beginning of the film.
2002 Ford Thunderbird
Although only in Die Another Day for a short period of time, the vehicle
was marketed as a Bond car. In fact Ford created a special "007 edition"
of the car. In Bond spirit, only 700 were made. Jinx drives the 2002
Ford Thunderbird up to Graves ice palace. It's unknown what type of
gadgets, if any, were installed.
1957 Ford Fairlane
classic automobile briefly driven by Bond during his visit to Cuba in
Die Another Day. A homage to Thunderball where villain Count Lippe drives
a 1957 Ford Fairlane Skyliner. As a punishment for failing to dispose
of Bond, Lippe is killed in his Fairlane, which is blown up by villainess
Fiona Volpe using rocket launchers mounted on her BSA motorbike.
1971 Ford Thunderbird
Featured in Diamonds Are Forever. Bond, Mr Wint and Mr Kid drive into
the desert towards a construction site. Bond is unconscious in the trunk
of the car.
2007 Ford Mondeo
Featured in Casino Royale. The 2007 Ford Mondeo features in the current
Bond film Casino Royale. When the movie was shooting, Ford made the
hand-made prototype of the car and secretly moved to Bahamas for shooting.
Ford Explorer
Featured in The World Is Not Enough where the Cigar Girl commandeers
a balloon; similar Explorers are seen in the 2006 version of Casino
Royale.
Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor
Featured in Casino Royale as police vehicles during the airport scene.
Saab
Saab 900 Turbo
Bond's vehicle of choice in many of the John Gardner Bond novels, beginning with Licence Renewed. Dubbed, "Silver Beast" [2], it is Bond's private vehicle modified by the real-life company Communication Control Systems, Ltd. (CCS) (now called Security Intelligence Technology Group [3]). He also rents a 900 in Nobody Lives For Ever (1986) and No Deals, Mr. Bond (1987).
Saab 9000 CD
in The Man from Barbarossa (1991)
Saab 9000 CD Turbo
In Never Send Flowers (1993) and SeaFire (1994).
Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith II
Featured in Moonraker and For Your Eyes Only. When Bond arrives in Rio
de Janeiro, he is seen as a passenger in a blue Silver Wraith II which
takes him to his hotel. In For Your Eyes Only, a Silver Wraith II is
owned by Aristotle Kristatos and takes Bond and the Countess Lisl home
from the casino.
Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
First seen in The Man With The Golden Gun where Andrea Anders is chauffered
in a green Silver Shadow, which is a company vehicle owned by the Peninsula
Hotel. Also featured in Licence to Kill where Bond is chauffeured around
Isthmus City, and in The World Is Not Enough as Valentin Zukvosky's
personal vehicle (it ends up in the Caspian Sea after the catwalk was
severed).
1962 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II
Featured in A View to a Kill and driven by Bond's companion Sir Godfrey
Tibbet. Along with its driver, it meets an untimely demise when pushed
into a lake by May Day. This was Albert R. (Cubby) Broccoli (the producer)'s
actual car.
1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III
Featured in Goldfinger. Owned by Auric Goldfinger, it was used to smuggle
gold by recasting all of the body panels in gold and shipping it from
place to place. (This is in contrast to the novel, where Goldfinger
recasts white gold as the car's armour plating.) Often mistakenly called
the "Phantom 337," as that is what Connery appears to call it in the
film; he is actually saying, "She's a beauty! Phantom III, '37."
Rolls-Royce Mulliner Park Ward Drop Head Coup�
Featured in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. In On Her Majesty's Secret
Service, This model, (called Corniche from 1971) is owned by Marc-Ange
Draco and is used to abduct James Bond. (The MPW DHC, Silver Shadow
saloon, and Silver Wraith II saloon were based on the same platform.)
General Motors
1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible
Featured in Dr. No. When 007 arrives in Jamaica, this was the first
car Bond was a passenger in; however, the car was stolen, as depicted
later in the film. It is driven by a chauffeur known only as "Mr Jones"
who is in fact an agent of Dr. No.
1961 Chevrolet C30 flatbed truck
Seen in From Russia With Love after Bond and Tanya leave the train.
The truck which was on the railroad tracks was a 1960 Ford F350 although
the Chevy was used throughout the road scenes.
Chevrolet Corvette C4
Featured in A View to a Kill, presumably a rental vehicle and driven
by Pola Ivanova when she and Bond make their escape from Zorin's pumping
station. Ivanova's Vette is painted silver - which is a common color
palette offered between 1984 and 1985.
1968 Cadillac hearse
Featured in Diamonds Are Forever where 007 is a passenger en route to
Slumber, Inc. after landing at the Los Angeles International Airport.
1977 Cadillac Fleetwood limousine
Zorin's thugs flee Stacy's mansion in a Cadillac limousine - Bond fires
several rounds even though the rounds are useless (the shotgun shells
were filled with rocksalt).
1971 Cadillac Fleetwood "Pimpmobile"
Featured in Live and Let Die. When Bond spots the white Superfly-esque
pimpmobile (a Les Dunham Corvorado - a Chevrolet Corvette with Cadillac
Eldorado body panels), Mr. Big, Solitaire, and Tee Hee leave their secret
facility where a voodoo shop is actually one of Dr. Kananga's hideouts.
Also, all the vehicles seen along the expressway all seem to be 1973
Chevrolet Caprices. The Cadillac is later seen outside a Fillet of Soul
restaurant alongside a Dunham-converted Cadillac Eldorado coupe.
1963 Chevrolet Impala convertible
Featured in Live and Let Die. Bond arrives on Dr. Kananga's island with
Rosie Carver locating the spot where Bains was killed.
GMC Vandura
Seen as an ambulance in The Living Daylights.
Chevrolet Veraneio
Seen as an ambulance in Moonraker where a fake EMS team captures Bond
and Dr. Goodhead after jumping from a fleeing cable car (where Jaws
ends up crashing into a tram booth).
American Motors
AMC Hornet
Featured in The Man with the Golden Gun. Bond steals this car in Thailand,
unknowing that Sheriff J.W. Pepper was in it looking to test drive it.
It was used for the famous corkscrew jump, a computer-designed stunt
that was captured in one take.
AMC Matador
Featured in The Man with the Golden Gun. Francisco Scaramanga and Nick
Nack use this car to kidnap Mary Goodnight and make their escape. The
vehicle is converted into a 'car plane'; see Aircraft section below.
AMC Concord station wagon
seen in Moonraker where Bond and Drax are pidgeon hunting. A Jeep Wagoneer
is also featured.
Jeep Cherokee (XJ)
Featured in A View To A Kill where Stacy Sutton is seen driving home.
Another XJ Cherokee (a 1997 model) is seen in Tomorrow Never Dies in
front of Wai Lin's hideout.
Jeep CJ-7
Seen in Licence To Kill used by Sanchez's henchman Perez, who fires
a Stinger missile at a commandeered oil tanker where Bond does a wheelie
(in this scene, Bond crushes the Jeep).
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz 190
Featured in Goldfinger. Chase vehicles driven by Goldfinger's henchmen
pursuing James Bond and Tilly Masterson through the woods surrounding
Goldfinger's Swiss compound.
Mercedes 250SE
Featured in Octopussy. Bond commandeers this Soviet Army staff car to
pursue Octopussy's train. When the tyres are shredded by gunfire, Bond
turns onto the railway line and drives the car along the rails until
he escapes just before the car is knocked into the river by an oncoming
train.
Mercedes 280SE
Featured in For Your Eyes Only. Driven by Emile Locque, a henchmen of
Aris Kristatos, in an attempt to escape, Locque was trapped in his car
on the edge of a cliff after being shot by Bond. Bond subsequently tosses
Locque his trademark dove pin that he left on Ferrara and then gives
the car a kick over the edge.
Mercedes W140 S-Class
Featured in GoldenEye. A line of them are briefly seen carrying the
dignitaries to witness the launch of the Eurocopter Tiger.
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