BEST BOND CAR

Time to settle this. Six cars, one per Bond era and an overall winner. Do be careful, 007

Time to leave the argument about who’s the best Bond ata the door. Instead, let’s come to fisticuffs over his best car...

“JAMES BOND IS A BLUNT INSTRUMENT WIELDED BY A government department”, his creator Ian Fleming noted.

“He is quiet, hard, ruthless, sardonic and fatalistic. He likes gambling, golf and fast motor cars.”

Fleming’s character co-ordinates would be well-observed and liberally interpreted across the 24 films the world’s highestprofile fictional spy has appeared in over the past 58 years. Now, Bond 25 is imminent. No Time To Die arrives in cinemas next month, allowing Daniel Craig to flex his actorly muscles as he signs off from playing 007, putting him through the emotional wringer, while the film’s stunt crew and production designers reimagine the very essence of a car chase yet again.

Apparently No Time To Die features the most brutal one ever seen in a Bond movie.

Which made us think. Six actors have played 007 on the big screen, and they’ve all had carefully cast automotive co-stars. In fact, for many of us, watching a Bond film on the TV at a formative age is one of the reasons we became consumed by cars in the first place. The ginormous global 007 fan base endlessly debates who the best Bond is, but which Bond had the coolest car? Choosing one per actor, TopGear gathered the key vehicles together in the same part of the space-time continuum to explore their history, and conduct a quasi-scientific but mostly subjective test. Right, now pay attention, etc...