Top 10 Cars Featured In the James Bond Movies Till Now

# Lotus Esprit S1

For an ardent James Bond fan, this car would be difficult to forget. The Esprit S1 is featured in the movie ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ where it converts to a submarine. The underwater sequence was done by custom-building a submarine with Lotus Esprit’s body on it.

This engine was a 2.0 Litre producing 160 BHP on the European trim, 140 BHP on the US trim that was mounted longitudinally behind the passengers, as its predecessor. It features a transaxle 5-speed manual gearbox unit and an inboard rear brakes. The Lotus S1 was produced from 1976 to 1979 and had a top speed of 222 kmph.

According to the Wikipedia, the Perry Oceanographic-built submarine "Wet Nellie" was sold to American business magnate Elon Musk at an auction in London. Musk plans to install a Tesla electric power train in the submarine S1 and transform it into a road-going car.

# BMW 750iL

Featured in the movie ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’, the BMW 750i had amazing gadgets ranging from missiles to re-inflating tyres on it. One best feature that stood out was the ability to drive the car using a remote control and the car could talk to you along with the finger print sensors. The 7 Series is the BMW’s flagship car and the company introduces its outstanding technologies on this model.

The 750 model, a variant of the 7 Series has been consistently been used by VIPs as it provides the best security features such as a bulletproof body and ballistic protection on it. Even the Prime Minister Narendra Modi uses the newer version of BMW 750 as his official car.

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