Buy Yourself Nine James Bond Vehicles and Form Your Own Spy Agency

If you thought Daniel Craig destroyed a real DB5 on the set of No Time To Die, I have good news for you: Each stunt car was custom-built for the movie, with modern components and just enough old bits to make it feel authentic. That means a modern drivetrain and carbon fiber body panels, but an original steering wheel. It’s the little things.

Since this not-DB5 has power and lightness, it’ll be perfect for your reconnaissance missions — get in, get out, and do it all fast. It even has “bespoke No Time To Die gadgets,” which can only mean a pair of machine guns poking out through the headlights. Christie’s doesn’t say they work, but it doesn’t say they don’t either.

Sometimes, however, speed and agility aren’t the name of the game. Sometimes you need a bit more muscle, a bit more power, and a bit more interior room — for you, your crew, and your armaments. In times like these, both super spies and soccer parents turn to one universal vehicle: The performance SUV.

This Defender, then, fits the bill. 400 horsepower, all-wheel-drive, and tires rugged enough to chase an interloper through even the deepest woods. Also, when watching the movie, I couldn’t shake the feeling that those wheels look identical to Subaru Legacy five-spokes. Just, imagine those wheels, but black, and four inches taller. I am not a crackpot.

Oh, you need more performance? Four hundred horses just isn’t enough for you? Well, fine. Be that way. You can have 125 more, as a treat, but in exchange you’ll lose out on owning a screen-used Bond car.

This Defender 110 is a Bond edition, not a movie-used Bond car. Note the lack of a winch, the perfectly clean exterior, and the fact that this image looks more like a render than an actual photo. It’s more of a celebration of Bond and JLR than any specific screen replica — use it as the diversion vehicle while your actual crew takes the screen-used model to go do espionage.

Like any international superspy, you’ll have moments where you need to fly under the radar. For that, you’ll need a vehicle that will blend in. Something in a medium, monochrome color, something that wouldn’t stand out in a shopping mall parking lot, but something that can still get out of its own way when you’re spotted. If only something fit that bill.

Oh, wait, this Range Rover Sport SVR stunt car does. As a silver Range Rover Sport, it will go entirely unnoticed by pretty much everyone in an urban or wealthy suburban area. As a stunt-prepped SVR, it’ll use its 567 horsepower to pull itself away from those prying eyes. Expeditiously, if needed.

If the Bond movies have taught us anything, it’s that the life of a spy is a swanky one, replete with mixed drinks and caviar. You’ll need something equally swanky as a daily driver — after all, you can’t be showing up to the inter-agency softball games in an AMC.

How about another Aston, this one of a more sepia-toned age? In the movie, this V8 even wears the same license plate as the one Timothy Dalton drove in The Living Daylights. It’s all canon, you see, everything matters. No multiverses here.

Oh, you want more modern amenities in a daily than the Aston can offer? Boy, you’re picky. But, fine, I suppose Q branch can dig up something a bit newer for your use. This stunt-prepped Jaguar XF ought to fit the bill nicely.

No Time To Die’s release was famously delayed years by the Covid-19 pandemic, and its extended production led to some interesting car casting choices. This Jag is two full model years newer than the Range Rover Sport above, despite appearing in the same film. That’s unusual for modern, automaker-provided vehicles meant as product placement.

For undercover work, blending in with the high rollers, no mere XF will do. You’ll want something more ostentatious, but still refined — enough to show that you’ve got money, but not so wild as to make your villains think you’re nouveau-riche. They can sniff that out a mile away, spies are always so gauche.

The elegantly-named Aston Martin DBS Superleggera No Time To Die 007 Special Edition was, as you may guess, not actually screen-used. Like the Defender V8, it’s more of a tribute to the cars of the movie and to Bond’s history with the Brand. always, always the brand.

This one hits close to home. I’ve been bitten by the ADV bug recently, and what is a scrambler if not just a naked ADV? These bikes can go anywhere and do anything, from scaling the Alps to visiting the local coffee shop. Perfect for your solo missions, if I don’t outbid you first.

This Scrambler XE offers long-travel suspension, high-mounted sidepipes for extra clearance, and skid protection along those vulnerable low-hanging bits. Pirelli Scorpion Rally tires offer traction in all situations, and the blacked-out aesthetic just looks mean.

Okay, you know what? To hell with any other vehicle on this list. There’s one perfect vehicle, one surprisingly cheap vehicle, that’s more spy-ready than anything else: Q branch’s custom jet boat from The World Is Not Enough. Yeah, the one that Bond barrel-rolled off of a boat before driving through the streets of London. That boat.

If you buy any vehicle from this list, make it this one. The prop boat even runs, with a 300 horsepower V8 in charge of locomotion; the jets are, unfortunately, just for show. Your international spy enterprise, and all of the aquatic missions of which you’re now capable, will thank you.