Automobiles : LicenseTo Thrill

Automobiles : LicenseTo Thrill

As James Bond braces for his23rd big screen outing withSkyfall on November 9, lanFleming’s character affirms thathe is as relevant today as he wasin I 962 when Dr No wasreleased. And while majorelements of the franchise haveremained unchanged, be it theglamorous Women, theeccentric villains or thehigh4tech gadgets, here is a lookat the cars the world’s mostfamous secret agent has usedover the years

 

 Aston Martin 065:

Arguably the most iconic car of the franchise, the DB5 is as British as Bond himself. Making an appearance in no less than six movies, its appearance was most memorable in Sean Connery’s third role as Bond in Goldfin get. In addition to “all the usual refinements”, the D85was equipped with pop out machine guns concealed behind the lights, bullet proof windows,tire cutters and an passenger ejector seat to get rid of hostile occupants. A model of the DB5featuring these gadgets was auctioned for $4.1 million in2010

BMW 75OiL: 

BMW was Bond’s car of choice during Pierce Brosnan’s run in the 1990’s. But none matched the class that oozed out of the 7 Series showcased in Tomorrow Never Dies. Central to theplot and action sequences, the car was armed with missile launchers and anti tire spikes.The car’s tires were re—inflatable, but the best feature was how it could be controlledwith the touchpad on Bond’s Ericsson phone.

Aston Martin DBS Vi 2: 

Not to be confused with the 0B5, the DBS was first used in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service in 1969 and used again in Casino Royale in 2006, when the franchise returned to the Aston Martins. In Daniel Craig’s first film as the secret agent,

the car reflects the change of mood injected into the Bond films by not being packed withgadgets as frivolously as its predecessors were. The only notable feature was anemergency medical kit with a defibrillator, used to save Bond’s life after he was poisonedat the Casino. The car also broke the world record for car flips during the car crash sceneby rolling seven and half times. –