You missed the Stag that Bond drove for a bit in "Diamonds are Forever".
Freeman, Noah wrote:
>For those of you, who, like me, were horrified to to see Bond driving a german
>car in recent movies (like MI6 would EVER give a german car to their
>agents...its like imagining the germans driving around in Citroens), here is a
>list of what Bond has driven in all the movies (and yes, that blue car in Dr
>No is a sunbeam, not a stag, as I had once thought)
>
>DR. NO (1962) Sean Connery drives an unassuming blue Sunbeam Alpine.
>FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963) As in most of the original Ian Fleming novels,
>007 shows up in a black Bentley.
>GOLDFINGER (1964) Aston Martin makes its Bond-movie debut. The "silver birch"
>DB5 has an ejection seat ("Don't touch that button!") as well as devices that
>create smokescreens and oil slicks. Goldfinger prefers a Rolls-Royce Phantom
>III, and his sidekick, Odd Job, shows up in a Ford Ranchero.
>THUNDERBALL (1965) The Aston Martin DB5.
>CASINO ROYALE (1967) A vintage Bentley, black and supercharged.
>YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1967) Bond gets a rare Toyota 2000GT, a limited-edition
>supercar converted to a convertible for this film.
>ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (1969) George Lazenby and Diana Rigg leave
>their wedding in an Aston Martin DBS. They also traverse Swiss ski slopes in a
>Mercury Cougar. (The Cougar was an offbeat choice, as was Mr. Lazenby; neither
>made an encore.)
>DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971) Bond's DB5 is in the repair shop, so he rents a
>Mustang Mach I to screech through Las Vegas.
>LIVE AND LET DIE (1973) Roger Moore's debut. He drives a London double-decker
>bus.
>MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (1974) To chase villains in an American Motors Matador
>- which turns into an airplane - Bond grabs an A.M.C. Hornet. It makes a
>360-degree corkscrew leap across a ruined bridge.
>THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977) A Lotus Esprit got the role after an executive
>pointedly parked one in front of the producer, Albert Broccoli. The car also
>becomes a submarine.
>MOONRAKER (1979) A moon buggy.
>FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (1981) Lotus Esprit Turbo. In one sequence, Bond drives a
>Citrokn 2CV that takes a lot of abuse but keeps on ticking.
>OCTOPUSSY (1983) Bond is chased in a stolen Alfa Romeo GTV by police on the
>Avus speedway in Berlin. He also shows up in a VW Beetle.
>NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN (1983) Sean Connery makes his curtain call with a black
>Bentley and a Yamaha XJ 650 Turbo motorcycle.
>A VIEW TO A KILL (1985) Roger Moore again, this time in a Renault 11 taxi.
>THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987) Timothy Dalton, in the first of two Bond
>appearances, drives an Aston Martin V-8 Vantage and a V-8 Volante. The latter
>car has rockets and a stash of spikes that puncture pursuers' tires.
>LICENCE TO KILL (1989) Bond is mostly chauffeured in a blue Rolls, but ends up
>driving a Kenworth tractor-trailer full of gasoline and drugs.
>GOLDENEYE (1995) The BMW Z3 roadster makes a brief appearance, upstaged by
>Bond (now Pierce Brosnan) in the Aston Martin DB5 revived from earlier films.
>It races a Ferrari 355 GTS down the Corniche highway above Monte Carlo.
>TOMORROW NEVER DIES (1997) The BMW 750iL can be driven remotely by an Ericsson
>cellphone.
>THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (1999) Bond's BMW Z8 is sawed in half.
>
>
>
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George Richardson
1957 Triumph TR3 - TS15559L http://www.key-men.com/triumph
1975 Triumph TR6 - Undergoing restoration
1972 Triumph Stag - Daily Driver
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