Best Bond Car Chases

10. The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)

AMC HORNET

Roger Moore’s second Bond film, The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) features one of the most famous and infamous car scenes in Bond history. 007 along with the boisterous Sheriff J.W. Pepper (Clifton James) drive a stolen AMC Hornet throughout Bangkok, chasing after assassin Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee). Scaramanga manages to get away to the other side of the river, and Bond’s only option is to drive across a twisted, broken wooden bridge, which causes him to corkscrew and land perfectly on the other side. 

9. For Your Eyes Only (1981)

Citroën 2CV

In For Your Eyes Only (1981), Bond (Roger Moore) is fleeing Spanish assassins and escapes in the car of the Bond girl, Melina Havelock (Carole Bouquet). Lacking any gadgets, Bond relies on his driving skills, including executing one of my favorite stunt driving moves, a reverse 180, also known as a J-Turn. 

8. Spectre (2015)

ASTON MARTIN DB10

In Spectre, Bond (Daniel Craig) takes us on a breathtaking cat-and-mouse chase through streets of Rome in a gadget-laden Aston Martin DB10. While being chased by henchman Mr. Hinx (Dave Bautista), driving an orange Jaguar C-X75,  Bond activates rear flamethrowers which engulf Mr. Hinx’s car and deftly launches ejection seat to escape while the DB10 crashes into the Tiber river. 

7. Die Another Day (2002)

ASTON MARTIN V12 VANQUISH

Die Another Day (2002) features Bond (Pierce Brosnan) behind the wheel of an Aston Martin V12 Vanquish, equipped with an ejector seat, torpedoes, target-seeking shotguns, and most infamously, adaptive camouflage which made it "invisible". Villain Zao and Bond race in an epic car chase in Iceland and through a melting Ice Hotel. This spectacular car chase had everything - artful explosions, creative motion, and techno-inspired soundtrack.

6. The Living Daylights (1987)

ASTON MARTIN V8 VOLANTE

Timothy Dalton’s The Living Daylights is the first time that Bond is back in an Aston Martin since 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. The V8 Volante features updated gadgets, including missiles, rockets, retractable ski outriggers, and lasers to replace the DB5’s tire slashers. Bond uses most of the gadgets in a wintery chase from Bratislava over to the Austrian border.

5. Quantum of Solace (2008)

ASTON MARTIN DBS

Quantum of Solace opens with a tense, gripping car chase between Daniel Craig's James Bond in an Aston Martin DBS, and some bad guys in Alfa Romeo 159s. It's a thrilling scene as 007 races through Italian cliffs with precious cargo in his trunk: the kidnapped Mr. White (Jesper Christensen), head of the mysterious organization Quantum. Bond loses a car door and manages to dispatch his pursuers by out maneuvering them, using the environment and other vehicles on the road as weapons, and dispatching the last car. 

4. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

 BMW 750il 

The film Goldeneye features the BMW Z3 in a Q Lab scene, we never get to see it in action. In Tomorrow Never Dies, makes up for this in spades with the BMW 750il. Though it was an unconventional choice for Bond (Pierce Brosnan), being a sedan, the 750il featured a host of gadgets, including tear gas, security system, rocket launchers, re-inflating tires, and most impressively, a remote control system built into Bond’s mobile phone. Bond makes good use of the last feature in a car chase in a Hamburg parking structure, when he has to get the car remote started and jump into the rear seat, becoming a literal back seat driver. This action packed sequence gave fans what they wanted, with a thrilling, gadget-filled chase.

3. No Time To Die (2021)

ASTON MARTIN DB5

In No Time To Die, Bond (Daniel Craig) is cruising Matera, Italy in his Aston Martin DB5, newly rebuilt from the ground up by Q. Of course his newfound peace was not to last and he finds himself under attack by SPECTRE. This DB5 features updated versions of the DB5’s original gadgets, including miniature mines, LED changing number plates, smokescreen, and dual miniguns hidden behind the headlamps. A Bond fan’s dream come true! Agent 007 uses the miniguns and smoke screen, drifting around Matera in a gripping chase sequence. 

2. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

LOTUS ESPRIT 

In Roger Moore’s third 007 film, The Spy Who Loved Me, Bond is given a Q-Branch equipped and iconic Lotus Esprit. The car evades a caravan of bad guys in other vehicles, including a motorcycle with exploding sidecar, a car with henchman Jaws (Richard Kiel) riding shotgun, and a helicopter flown by femme fatale Naomi (Caroline Munro). Bond launches the car off a pier into the ocean below. Thankfully, the Lotus Esprit has been modified by Q Branch to convert into a submarine with torpedoes and an underwater smoke screen. 

1. Goldfinger (1964)



Aston Martin DB5 | (On display at the International Spy Museum)

The classic and quintessential Bond car, the 1964 Aston Martin DB5 in Silver Birch, as featured in Sean Connery’s third 007 film, Goldfinger. This is the car that every Bond car is compared to. Bond and Tilly Soames (Tania Mallet) are trying to escape from Goldfinger’s henchmen and jump into the DB5. They make use of some of the gadgets, like the smokescreen, oil slick, and rear deflector screen. Bond waits for the ideal moment to make use of the car’s infamous ejector seat and gets rid of his captor.