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The 6-litre V12-engined Aston Martin DBS shot into the Guinness Book of World Records

25 January 2008

The wraps are off – the next James Bond is called “Quantum of Solace”. Daniel Craig will return in November this year as the world’s greatest secret agent together with the stunning Aston Martin DBS as his company car.

The DBS is the logical choice, but 007 has driven a host of other curious motors – Vijay Pattni looks back at Bond’s other cars.

 

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Aston Martin DB5

The most iconic Bond car ever, the Aston Martin DB5 is synonymous with the greatest spy in the world, and made its first appearance in the 1964 hit Goldfinger.

Goldfinger masterminds an ambitious attempt to melt the gold reserves at Fort Knox – and even captures Bond during the film, uttering the immortal line: “Mr Bond, I expect you to die!”

Bond escapes, and is ably helped by the gadget-laden DB5, complete with smokescreen, machine guns and oil slicks.

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Aston Martin DBS

The stunning Aston Martin DBS provided a welcome return for the prestige marque in 2006’s Casino Royale.

And Bond was truly shaken when the 6-litre V12 powerhouse stormed into the Guinness Book of World Records, barrel-rolling seven times during the dramatic chase sequence.

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AMC Hornet

Roger Moore’s second outing as James Bond sees him face the legendary Francisco Scaramanga – The Man With The Golden Gun – in an attempt to find the Solex Agitator.

But the film’s other star was the AMC Hornet, which shot to fame in one of the dramatic car sequences – the Hornet flew threw the air in a twisting corkscrew jump over a bridge.

 

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Alfa Romeo GTV6

Bond is on the trail of an international jewel thief in 1983’s Octopussy – but ends up trying to prevent a full-scale nuclear war.

And to help him stop the Russians from starting Armageddon, he commandeers a gorgeous Alfa Romeo GTV6, piloting it straight into the circus where the bomb is held…

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Rolls Royce Silver Shadow

Redundancy usually makes the majority of people save their pennies and cut back on luxury items – not so for 007.

In 1989’s Licence to Kill, James Bond – played by Timothy Dalton – has his licence to kill revoked, but still ends up being chauffeured around in a glorious 6.75-litre V8-powered Rolls Royce Silver Shadow.

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Bentley Convertible

Daniel Craig played 007 in 2006’s Casino Royale, and was given the stunning Aston Martin DBS as a gift from M.

But creator and author Ian Fleming originally wrote in a 1933 Bentley Convertible for the super-spy – complete with an Amherst-Villiers Supercharger.

 

 

Auto rickshaw

Another vehicle from Octopussy, James Bond travels to India, but he is ambushed before he meets Q at their Indian headquarters, and has to enlist the help of fellow agent Vijay, who takes control of the most comical getaway car in Bond history – the three-wheeled rickshaw.

Careering through crowded streets performing wheelies, Vijay exclaims: “This is a company car!”

 

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