He'd always rather opt for a model that could go for a deep dive or torpedo a helicopter
Bear Grylls//Digital Spy
He'd always rather opt for a model that could go for a deep dive or torpedo a helicopter
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1
1972 Leyland Mini Moke
Bear Grylls//Digital Spy
Believe it or not, after Aston Martins, the Moke is the most popular Bond vehicle, having appeared in You Only Live Twice, Live and Let Die, The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker, if only briefly so.
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2
1981 Citroën 2CV 6
Bear Grylls//Digital Spy
To have the slightest chance of beating two mighty Peugeot 504s in For Your Eyes Only, Bond"s banana yellow 2CV had the flat-four heart of a Citroën GS.
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3
1976 Lotus Esprit
Bear Grylls//Digital Spy
Lotuses don't get much sexier than a Series 1, a true "folded paper" classic from Giorgetto Giugiaro. Feel free to ask Elon Musk if his submarine version is watertight yet.
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4
1978 Renault 20 TS
Bear Grylls//Digital Spy
Chasing May Day parachuting across Paris, the Bond of the mid-eighties demonstrated how a front-wheel drive car doesn't need more to succeed than its engine, steering wheel and two bouncy tires.
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5
1974 AMC Hornet
Bear Grylls//Digital Spy
Yes, there was a time when instead of an Aston Martin, James Bond had to make due with a stolen AMC Hornet, chasing an AMC Matador with a jet bolted to its back.
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6
1981 Alfa Romeo GTV 6
Bear Grylls//Digital Spy
The Polizei's BMWs never had a chance in Octopussy.
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7
1981 Lotus Esprit Turbo
Bear Grylls//Digital Spy
As a nod to the submarine car, Bond rolls up in Spain in a white Esprit Turbo, but the villains force him to blow that up, making way for some 2CV action. British taxpayers grant him a bronze backup for his trip to the Italian Alps.
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8
1947 AEC Regent III
Bear Grylls//Digital Spy
While technically not a car, the Regent certainly deserves to be on this list, because on a fictional Caribbean island such as San Monique, DB5s would fail in an instant. Bond turned this one into a single-decker to improve its performance (and to fit under a bridge.)