LOTUS ESPIRIT S1:( RANK 10)
One of the superstar cars of all time featured in the legendary 007 James Bond “The Spy Who Loved Me” starring Roger Moore in the 1970’s, This car was featured during a small chase scene in the movie where bond used it to escape from the baddies. One of the most iconic gadgets in the car where the formation of car into a submarine, surface-to-air missiles and land mines.
There was an actual Esprit S1 that is driven on the road and when the car is shown underwater, it was in truth a fully functional submarine with an Esprit S1 shell. Even so, when it reappeared after being considered lost, it was whipped up by Elon Musk of the Tesla fame, or should we say infamy?
MERCURY COUGAR XR7: (RANK 9)
Featured in the movie “On Her Majesty”s Secret Service” starring George Lazenbyin the 1960’s was an underrated car not even technically driven by Bond but by the very classy Diana Riggs who played Bond’s romance as Tracy di Vicenzo in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (OHMSS). The 428 Cobra Jet Ram Air fitted Cougar XR7 was a re-bodied Mustang, and supposedly jetted out a whopping 400bhp.
RENAULT 11 TXE: ( RANK 8)
Featured the movie “ A View To A Kill” culmination of Roger Moore’s as Ian Flemings James Bond 007. the car has all the appeal of a dying tree stump, it is its indestructibility shown in the movie that puts it on this list. The roof is lopped off, then the back end of the car is chopped off but this French wonder keeps on revving. And it is good entertainment for sure.Basically, This car portrayed the character of toughness and reliability just like James Bond.
BMW 750iL:( RANK 7)
This particular car being feautered in the movie “ Tomorrow Never Dies” Starring Pierce Brosnan was a car equipped with a lot of technological masterpieces like voice command, Missles on the roofs, spikes on the rear bumper, Cutter on the badge and the remote control of the car to enable the self drive capablility was considered to be a pinnacle in the 90’s era when this movie came in. A V12-powered sedan, this was perhaps the last time a BMW 7-Series looked this good. 10 of these beauties were used in production, two of which had roof rockets, tire-shredding thingummies, and re-inflating tires. These two were worth it all.
ASTON MARTIN V8 VANTAGE: ( RANK 6)
This car was a totally a revamp for the Aston Martin in their production of supercars. This was considered to be their fastest supercar yet being a brand new icon and marking entry into a completely new division in the industry marked it’s debut in the Bond film “ Living Daylights” starring Timothy Dalton.it managed a 170mph top speed with its 5.3-liter V8 engine.
Though the stock car did so with carburetors, the one in the movie had fuel-injection fitted into it. 0-60mph happened in 5.3 seconds which was pretty impressive, considering it topped the Ferrari Daytona by a tenth of a second.
ASTON MARTIN DB5: ( RANK 5)
The Legendary car of James Bond that represented the character, charm, sophistication, Flamboyance and style was featured in different decades in the franchise making its debut in “Goldfinger” Starring Sean Connery and “Thunderball”and also in the recent times in Daniel Craig’s “ Skyfall”, “Spectre” and “No Time To Die”. At, its time in the 1960’s it was a totally new creation by Aston Martin and marking a new legacy for the company as well it had 4 Litre Straight- six engine making 282 bhp and capable of 0-60 in 7.1 seconds having a top speed of 145 mph.
BMW Z8: ( RANK 4)
This car had a charm of its own featured in the movie “ The World Is Not Enough” starring Pierce Brosnan as Ian Fleming James Bond 007. this 1999 movie starred the BMW Z8, a sleek rear-wheel-drive roadster that outclassed many of its rivals in looks and power. The motor was the E39 M5’s V8 and managed to jet out 400hp as well as 370 lb-ft torque, taking only 5 seconds to go 0-60mph. Of course, like with any Bond ride, the Q specs took the car to a whole new level. Cleese played Q’s assistant in this one and he manages to put a titanium armor on this car, and for some reason, six beverage holders for when Bond wants to have more than one shaken Martini. Other Gadgets including side homing missiles, Remote Operated Drive.
ASTON MARTIN VANQUISH:(RANK 3)
With this car Aston Martin made an entry in to a completely new era of the 2002, featuring modern technology and sophistication and considered to be much bolder and sophisticated than the other bond cars. Featuring in “Die Another Day” marking the culmination of the most charming, sophisticated and clever James Bond Pierce Brosnan. It had a heap of a lot of gadgets like cloaking device making it completely camouflaged to the environment, Front Missiles and guns, Bonnet mounted shotguns, Ejector Seat like in the Aston Martin DB5, Spikes in Snow Tires in order to ride on slippery surfaces. A V12 engine managed more than 450 horsepower but even so, the Vanquish was eventually vanquished by, or succeeded by the DB5; having lasted only four years in the market. The automatic transmission was held to blame so if you still wanted a Vanquish, Aston Martin would retrofit a manual gearbox for the car to do what it was supposed to do, move.
JAGUAR CX-75 ( RANK 2)
Technically, the Jaguar CX-75 is not a Bond car, but one has to appreciate beauty even if it belongs to the bad guy.Anyhow, the CX-75 is Mr. Hinx’s car is this movie and this is the car Bond chases around in Rome, driving an Aston Martin DB10 himself. The CX-75 in the movie was not of stock specs, and a total of 7 such cars were provided for the shoot. With a very limited production of the CX-75 between 2015 and 2017, more like a teaser, everyone seems to be waiting for the full production.
ASTON MARTIN DB10: ( RANK 1)
The only car in the franchise being build specially as a prototype car for the James Bond Movie “ Spectre” Starring Daniel Craig, This car was being purposely build by Aston Martin personally involving the movie director Sam Mendes later 10 examples for the same were been build by the company out of which only one car went for production.There’s more than just a nod to the 2017 Aston Martin V8 Vantage when it comes to the exterior styling because the DB10 is also muscular and bullish, perfectly suited for the brutishly beautiful Craig’s 007. While many are clamoring for this car to turn to production, its more of a wait and watch for now with what Aston Martin brings up next.
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