James Bond Cars

From Aston Martins fitted with ejector seats and water cannons to a Lotus Esprit reborn as a submarine to a Venetian gondola improbably reimagined as a hovercraft, the vehicles of the James Bond cinematic franchise are as iconic as the spy himself. The book stars 007’s own vehicles but also those used by his allies, love interests, and adversaries over the past six decades — from Bentleys, BMWs, and Land Rovers to Sunseekers, Glastrons, and Boeing 747s. Through hundreds of vehicles on the ground, over the waves, and in the sky (or even space), James Bond Cars highlights the Bond franchise as cinema’s ultimate test driver.

• A comprehensive collection of 007’s legendary vehicles of all kinds from the twenty-five films
• Includes the must-know machines of land, sea, and air — whether motorcycles, helicopters, speedboats, blimps, snowmobiles, jet-packs, or even the bizarre one-offs developed specifically for Bond’s world
• Features more than three hundred images, from rare behind-the-scenes stills to design drawings
• Film-by-film journey, starting with the Sunbeam Alpine in Dr. No (1962) and ending with the bullet-scarred Aston Martin DB5 in No Time To Die (2021)
• Written by Chris Corbould OBE, an Academy Award–winning special-effects supervisor and second-unit director with credits on fifteen Bond films