From Aston Martins equipped with ejector seats and water cannons to the Lotus Esprit that famously transforms into a submarine, all the way to a Venetian gondola improbably reinvented as a hovercraft — the vehicles of the James Bond saga are as iconic as the spy himself. Enter James Bond Cars, the third fully authorized Assouline volume dedicated to 007 (following James Bond Destinations and James Bond Style): the most comprehensive chronicle ever published not only of the automobiles featured across the twenty-five films, but of every machine that has accompanied Bond by land, sea, and air — motorcycles, helicopters, speedboats, airships, snowmobiles, jet-packs, and the extraordinary inventions created specifically for the Bond universe, such as the legendary autogyro Little Nellie from You Only Live Twice (1967).
Curated and introduced by Chris Corbould, special effects supervisor, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Oscar winner, and veteran of fifteen Bond films, this volume is at once a high-speed visual catalogue and a behind-the-scenes account of how some of the most unforgettable stunts in cinema history were conceived. With more than three hundred images—from rare on-set photographs to engineering drawings and production materials—Corbould reveals the secrets behind those legendary sequences, from ingenious mechanical tricks to one-take stunts and near-disastrous mishaps.
The book guides the reader on a film-by-film journey, beginning with the Sunbeam Alpine from Dr. No (1962) and culminating with the bullet-riddled Aston Martin DB5 in No Time To Die (2021). It celebrates not only Bond’s personal vehicles but also those driven by allies, lovers, and villains throughout more than sixty years: Bentleys, BMWs, Land Rovers, Sunseekers, Glastrons, and even Boeing 747s. The saga’s most emblematic brand, Aston Martin, appears in nearly half the films and is featured here through more than a dozen models, including the DB5, DBS, V8, Vanquish, and many more.
Across hundreds of machines — on land, sea, sky (and even space) — James Bond Cars showcases the Bond franchise as the ultimate testing ground for cinematic innovation.
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