Next year (2012) marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. No, the very first Bond movie, and to commemorate the milestone the movie's producer's will put 50 of the most famous vehicles from the Bond series on display at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu. The exhibition, entitled Bond in Motion, will open on January 18 and give fans the opportunity to get up close and personal with not only the cars but also boats, motorbikes, sleds and jets of Bond.
Taking pride of place will be probably Bond's most famous car, the 1964 Aston Martin DB5 that Sean Connery piloted in both
Goldfinger and
Thunderball. It will be joined by the 1937 Phantom lll Rolls-Royce from
Goldfinger, the Lotus Esprit S1 that famously turned into a submarine in
The Spy Who Loved Me, the 2008 Aston Martin DBS from
Quantum of Solace, the 2002 Jaguar XKR that went ice-dancing in
Die Another Day and the BMW 750iL that Pierce Brosnan 'drove' with his mobile phone in
Tomorrow Never Dies.
Joining the cars will be various vehicles from the Bond franchise such as the Bede Acrostar jet featured in
Octopussy, the paraglider/snowmobile hybrid Parahawk from
The World is Not Enough and original Cello Case Ski that Timothy Dalton famously used in
The Living Daylights.
Bond in Motion will run from January 18, 2012 to December. The official website of The National Motor Museum is
www.beaulieu.co.uk.
Paul Healy - 25 Oct 2011