‘The name is Bond, James Bond’. This famous dialogue is not new to our ears. James Bond movie series has always been ahead of time in terms of story line up, action and technology.
When it comes to James Bond then how can we forget his cars. 007’s super car has always been an eye catchy aspect of any Bond series.
So here are some of exclusive Bond car which once you wished to drive home:
Aston Martin DB5
The original and classic, Bond’s DB5 first appeared in Goldfinger (1964), and remained his standard car in Thunderball (1965).
DB5 reappeared several decades later complete with a champagne chiller where the defense controls used to be in Goldeneye (1995); Bond wins a normal DB5 when he beats Alex Dimitrios at a poker game in Casino Royale (2006).
Bond also appears to have kept a DB5 with the very same gadgets featured in Goldfinger in a garage in Skyfall (2012), and uses it to bring M to safety at Skyfall Lodge. He later uses its forward machine guns to mow down several of Raoul Silva’s henchmen in a surprise attack.
Specifications
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4.0 Liter I6
282 horsepower
288 lb ft torque
3,310 lbs
0-60 in 8.1 seconds
Gadgets
Passenger ejector seat, rotating license plates, front-firing machine guns, bulletproof windows, rear bulletproof shield, rear-firing water jets, oil slick, smoke screen, homing-beacon tracker, tire-piercing blades.
Lotus Esprit
Featured in two Bond movies – The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and For Your Eyes Only (1981) – the unique look of the Lotus Esprit comes from the mind of Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro.
The car’s wedge-shaped design lent itself perfectly to Q’s most audacious bit of vehicular gadgetery: a car that transforms into a submarine.
Specifications
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2.0 Liter Slant Four
160 horsepower
2,690 lbs
0-60 in 6.8 seconds
Gadgets
Rear-firing windshield grease, submarine conversion, surface-to-air missiles, depth charges, inkscreen, forward-firing underwater explosive harpoons, automatic self-destruct.
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Volante
The V8 Vantage was introduced by Aston Martin in 1977 as Britain’s premier high-performance car. In The Living Daylights (1987), Bond’s Vantage Volante starts out as a convertible, before being ‘winterised’ into a hardtop by Q.
Specifications
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5.3 Liter v8
400 horsepower
592 lb ft torque
0-60 in 5.4 seconds
Gadgets
Ice-traction spikes, outrigger skis, bulletproof windows, forward firing missiles, side-firing laser, rocket booster, and self-destruct.
BMW Z3
Z3 was BMW’s first crack at a roadster. Its appearance in Golden Eye (1995) was the car’s world debut, and the Z3 remained in production through 2002.
Specifications
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1.9 Liter I4
138 horsepower
133 lb ft torque
Gadgets
Satellite linkup, image scanner and printer
BMW 750il
The only 4-door driven by Bond and fittingly so, since one of the memorable scenes in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) has Bond driving the car by remote from the back seat.
Specifications
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5.4 Liter v12
322 horsepower
361 lb ft torque
Gadgets
Remote control (via Bond’s cellphone), electric-shock burglar safeguard, bulletproof (and sledgehammer-proof) glass, security glovebox, GPS voice assist, cable-cutter, forward-firing rockets, tear-gas ejector, anti-tire spikes, self-inflating tires.
BMW Z8
This was the 3rd movie in a 3 movie product placement deal with BMW featured in The World is Not Enough (1999). The engine is located behind the front axle, resulting in near perfect 50/50 weight distribution.
It was tested by Car and Driver and found to outperform the Ferrari 360 Modena in acceleration, handling and braking.
Specifications
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4.9 Liter 32 Valve V8
400 horsepower
363 lb ft torque
3600 lbs
0-60 in 4.2 seconds
All aluminium chassis and body
Gadgets
Titanium plating, surface-to-air missiles, remote control (via keychain), infra-red tracking, high-sensitivity eavesdropping.
Aston Martin DBS V12
Built by Aston Martin, the car was featured in Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008) giving a pinch of spice to Bond’s dynamic personality.
Specifications
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6.0 Liter V12
510 horsepower
420 lb ft torque
3750 lbs
Carbon-fiber body
0-60 in 4.3 seconds
Uses vented carbon ceramic brakes discs to reduce weight by 28lbs
Gadgets
Satellite linkup, emergency medical kit with various anti-toxins and defibrillator.