The lucky James Bond has always been associated with the sleekest, poshest cars. Over the 50 years of his prolific film career, secret agent 007 has driven a lot of British cars, including the Bentley, Lotus, Triumph, Land Rover, Rolls Royce, and Austin. He has also been seen at the steering wheel of French (Citroen and Renault), Italian (Alpha Romeo), American (Ford, Chevrolet, and AMC) and German cars (BMW and Audi). Not to mention all the motorcycles, military vehicles, planes, helicopters, and even spacecraft that he has handled! But even if James Bond has flirted with all those other cars over the course of his career, his greatest love has always been the Aston Martin DB5. Many of 007’s films have featured them, including Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), and GoldenEye (1995). The famous secret agent has also had the pleasure of revving the engines of DB5s in On her Majesty’s Secret Ser?vice (1969), Casino Royale (2006), and Quantum of Solace (2008). In the film Die Another Day (2002), James Bond was at the controls of an Aston Martin V12 Vanquish, and he drove a V8 Vantage Volante in The Living Daylights (1987). Now, in the twenty-third James Bond movie, Skyfall, the DB5 is back once more, and “Q” is, of course, the brains behind its creation. He cannot be beaten in such a perfect ride, equipped with a bulletproof bumper, side and back windows, an oil and smoke spreader, a ma?chine gun, changeable license plate, and GPS. And to get rid of un?wanted passengers, it’s even possible to activate an ejection seat from the gear shift!

As for all those villains from S.P.E.C.T.R.E. and other top secret criminal organizations, they too have been seen driving a vast range of fast cars of all makes and models.