Best Bond vehicles: The best cars, planes and more from the films

(Pocket-lint) - When you deliberation of the James Bond films and vehicles successful the aforesaid sentence, you astir apt instantly deliberation of Aston Martin. Bond's chosen mode of transport has included galore different vehicles implicit the years though. Some weird and whacky, truthful simply magnificent. 

We're rounding up the champion vehicles from the James Bond films for you to enjoy. From accelerated Aston Martins to high-tech monsters. 

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Lotus Esprit S1

The Aston Martin DB5 mightiness beryllium the astir well-known and iconic of each the Bond cars, but the Lotus Esprit S1 is perchance 1 of our favourites. After all, who wouldn't privation a car that could thrust underwater without rusting oregon sinking into the deep? Plus it looked awesome arsenic well. 

In 2014, that car went up for merchantability connected an eBay auction for a chill $1 million. 

The Sunbeam Alpine

Ok, truthful it mightiness not beryllium "the best" but it is the archetypal Bond car. The Sunbeam Alpine mightiness not person been the sexiest of cars, but it packed immoderate punch and was adjacent favoured by Stirling Moss. 

This car played a large portion successful 1962's Dr. No and was progressive successful immoderate classical car chases too. It lacked the gadgets of different Bond cars, but inactive Bond managed to benignant it out. 

Acrostar BD-5J

The hilarious and cute Acrostar BD-5J was a tiny pitchy that appeared successful the opening series of Octopussy successful 1983 and saw Roger Moore up to his accustomed antics. 

The Acrostar was a existent level and came successful homebuilt signifier allowing pilots to physique their own. It was an awesome small happening arsenic well, topping retired astatine a maximum velocity of 232 mph.

Citroën 2CV

One of the astir improbable Bond vehicles, the Citroën 2CV added immoderate hilarity to the 1981 Bond classic, For Your Eyes Only. It was battered, smashed and progressive successful a classical downhill pursuit that saw it jumping implicit a baddy car successful the process. 

Crocodile boat

Bond isn't each conscionable astir accelerated cars and accelerated women, sometimes helium utilized different interesting, hilarious oregon ingenious ways to get around.

In Octopussy Roger Moore utilized this one-man vessel disguised arsenic a crocodile to sneak about. Utter classic. 

Toyota 2000 GT

The Toyota 2000 GT that appeared successful You Only Live Twice was a precise peculiar variation of a car that had already lone seen a constricted run. Only 300 of these cars were produced. It was seen arsenic the archetypal Japenese supercar and was said to beryllium a batch of amusive to drive. 

The 1 that appeared successful the movie was a faux soft-top mentation of the classical car. You couldn't bargain a convertible mentation of this car, it was made this mode conscionable for the Bond movie and immoderate accidental that was lone the lawsuit due to the fact that Sean Connery was excessively gangly for the modular model. 

BMW 750iL

The BMW 7 Series is known for being a high-quality and luxury vehicle. But Bond's 750iL was adjacent much special. Not lone did it battalion the classical 5.4 litre V12 engine, but besides boasted an armament that included 12 rockets, teardrop state dispensers, a reinforced chassis and more.

The item was astir apt the strategy that allowed Pierce Brosnan's Bond to power it remotely utilizing his phone. 

Ford Mustang Mach 1

American musculus cars are not what you'd expect to spot a British concealed cause driving, but Bond has ever been afloat of surprises.

In Diamonds Are Forever, Sean Connery utilized it to evade constabulary successful a high-speed pursuit done the streets of Las Vegas. The classical country included seeing Bond putting the car up onto 2 wheels to get down a constrictive alleyway. 

AMC Hornet

The Hornet mightiness not beryllium the sexiest of Bond vehicles, but it did propulsion disconnected 1 of the astir memorable performances successful the series. During 1974's The Man with the Golden Gun, Roger Moore's Bond pulled disconnected a 360-degree twisting corkscrew leap crossed a breached span portion chasing Scaramanga. 

An awesome stunt and 1 that earnt the car a spot successful the Guiness World Records for performing the "first astro spiral utilized successful a movie". 

Jaguar CX75

The Jaguar CX75 appeared successful 2015's Spectre, but not arsenic Bond's car but alternatively that of Mr. Hinx - 1 of the assassin's moving for Spectre. 

Seven of these cars were supplied for the movie and were seemingly "constructed astir a spaceframe built to World Rally Championship spec". The CX75 was kitted retired with a 1.6-litre turbo and supercharged motor backed by 2 electrical motors making it nippy and nifty. 

Aston Martin Vanish

Although not thought of excessively highly successful the existent world, this car was reasonably awesome successful Die Another Day. Not lone was it packed afloat of the accustomed gadgets and weapons, but it besides could crook invisible astatine the specified click of a button. Who wouldn't privation that?

The Aston Martin DB5

Of course, nary database of the champion Bond vehicles would beryllium implicit without the iconic Aston Martin DB5. It appeared successful assorted Bond films including Goldfinger, Thunderball, Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies and Casino Royale. 

This iconic car boasted each sorts of gadgets from instrumentality slashing blades to instrumentality guns built into the beforehand wings and more. One of the authoritative cars was up for auction backmost successful 2010 and different was auctioned astatine Sotheby's connected 15 August 2019. It sold for $6 million, and change.

Aston Martin V8 Volante

Another classical Bond car, this clip from The Living Daylights. The Aston Martin V8 Volante mightiness not person been the sleekest oregon astir absorbing looking Aston, but it was inactive a cracker. Especially absorbing with the quality to abruptly sprout skies and teardrop up the snowy slopes. The summation of rocket boosters lone made the V8 Volante adjacent much appealing. 

Little Nellie

In You Only Live Twice, Bond utilized a Wallis WA-116 Gyroplane, amusing known arsenic Little Nellie. Unlike the commercially disposable versions, this 1 was equipped with a instrumentality gun, rocket launcher and occurrence thrower. It was besides utilized in one of James Bond's lone aerial battles.

Tuk-Tuk

Another classical Bond conveyance not to beryllium underestimated. Bond used this three-wheeled taxi successful Octopussy to marque a speedy escape. Of course, similar different vehicles successful the series, this Tuk-Tuk packed much nether the hood than anyone was expecting. The effect was a brilliant tongue-in-cheek pursuit series done the Indian streets. 

Writing by Adrian Willings. Editing by Chris Hall. Originally published connected 7 August 2019.