These are the deadliest cars James Bond has ever driven

Thursday, 17 September 2020

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As James Bond fans anticipate November’s release of the several times delayed No Time To Die, a full analysis has been completed on the vehicles driven by agent 007 and the action they have been involved in.

UK-based Leasing Options have created the most comprehensive catalogue of Bond vehicles on the internet. After painstaking study of every single minute of all 24 Bond films there are new stats for every Bond vehicle since 1962.

Alongside the movie it featured in and the actor who drove it, the data also reveals finer details such as each car’s array of gadgets, the amount time it appeared on screen, the number of people killed and the number of crashes featured.

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The deadliest Bond car is the Lotus Esprit S1 that appeared in The Spy Who Loved Me driven by Roger Moore.

The white Lotus, which featured in possibly the most memorable Bond scene of all time when it transformed from a car into a submarine, was equipped with a cement sprayer, surface-to-air missiles, black dye slick, mines and torpedoes.

At the wheel of the Esprit, 007 managed to rack up an impressive eight kills, three crashes and three explosions, along with destroying a building and a helicopter all in the space of only 6 minutes and 55 seconds on screen.

The car that has spent the most time onscreen in Bond movies - having featured in four films so far and confirmed to make yet another appearance in No Time To Die – is the Aston Martin DB5.

Regarded as the most iconic Bond car of all time, Leasing Options found that the DB5 from Goldfinger racked up the longest time on screen (10mins, 21s).

It also boasts the largest collection of gadgets including bulletproof windows, rotating registration plates, homing device and tracking display, smoke screen, oil slick, rear bulletproof screen, dual machine guns, ejector seat and tyre slashers.

The silver DB5 has a scorecard of five kills, three crashes and a single explosion. In total Aston Martins are responsible for 14 kills in Bond movies.

The Glastron Carlson CV23HT speedboat from Moonraker (1979) was a deadly piece of kit instigating eight kills and two explosions in just 2mins 04secs of screen time.

Having featured in seven Bond films it’s no surprise that Roger Moore has killed more people behind the wheel than any of the actors across their Bond careers.

Moore’s tally notes 23 kills, 52 crashes and seven explosions, a little surprising given he is possibly the most aloof and seemingly harmless James Bond of the lot.

Pierce Brosnan takes the title for the most reckless Bond behind the wheel, having caused 58 crashes and an impressive 30 explosions across just four films.

Brosnan averages14.5 crashes and 7.5 explosions per Bond film. During over eight-and-a-half hours of screen time as Bond, Brosnan averaged a crash/explosion for every 6 minutes.

James Bond is expected to drive four Aston Martins in No Time to Die with a return to the DB5 and 1970s V8 Vantage Volante as well as spending time behind the wheel of a DBS Superleggera and the upcoming Valhalla.