The new Bond movie Quantum of Solace is upon us, and, save for the worst Bond title since Octopussy, the world could not be more excited. Guns, girls and gyroscoped cameras tracking aerial dogfights aside (you wait and see) a Bond film is nothing without a set of wheels. In anticipation of the new film, here’s a look at the Top 10 Bondmobiles.

10. Ford Mustang Mach 1 - Diamonds Are Forever

As a piece of engineering, the Mustang Mach 1 cornered like a Stannah Stairlift and accelerated about as fast. It was also heavier than the moon and was painted a hideous burnt orange colour.

An orange Ford, going quick. Is this the Fast And The Furious?

It makes the list because this is the car that Bond flips onto two wheels to thread the eye of a Las Vegas alleyway during a high speed pursuit, proving that 007 can indeed defy the laws of physics.

Check out that stunt - James May couldn’t do it

9. BMW Z8 - The World is Not Enough

It might not have looked the most masculine of cars, but when was the last time you saw a Land Rover launch a laser-guided missile? Exactly. BMW had not finished manufacturing the car at the time of the film’s release, so what you see on screen is a Shelby Cobra kit with bespoke body panels. Nevertheless, this car is the only Bond vehicle to get sawn in half, lengthways, by a helicopter cradling giant metal teeth of doom, so it makes the list. The insurance claim was a bitch.

A posh hairdresser car for Bond? It was the nineties

8. Bentley Mark IV Convertible - From Russia With Love

In From Russia With Love, the Bentley was employed as a static backdrop to Bond’s seduction of Sylvia Trench, an euphemism if ever I did hear one. The car is never driven on screen and 007 most likely needed to crank it in order to get the engine running, but it had a car phone back when car phones were the preserve of the military and can you really imagine taking a picnic in an Aston?

Perfect for having a bit of Bond ‘lady play’

7. Toyota 2000 GT Convertible - You Only Live Twice

Sean Connery was so manly he could not fit into this dinky roadster, so they had to cut the roof off it, making it the first and only Toyota 2000 GT Convertible. There’s nothing particularly noteworthy or special about the Toyota other than its jaw dropping, Jaguar E-Type aesthetic, which at the time made even Connery stop in his tracks and say something along the lines of, ‘My, thatsh a shexshy little car.’

A Japanese car in Bond? It did happen

6. Ford Mondeo - Casino Royale

Think about it. James Bond works for Her Majesty, a bona fide tax burden. MI6 are going to give him the cheapest set of wheels they can find. He probably has to rent from us most of the time.

The Ford Mondeo. The car for reps and super spies

The only reason we see him in Astons and BMWs is because we normally encounter Bond during high-class missions to casinos and devilish underground lairs. When he’s heading to a leisure resort, he can take the Ford. It still has air con, it corners nicely, and you won’t have any problem getting a dead perp or two in the boot.

Product placement. It’s as Bond as an Omega watch

5. BMW 750iL - Tomorrow Never Dies

The most gadget-laden Bond car in the history of gadget-laden Bond cars. From the top, the 750iL sports: a rocket-launcher sunroof, a tack-dispensing rear bumper, reinflating tires, indestructible body armour with a high voltage electric current running through it, an on board computer and a cable cutter hidden under the BMW logo on the bonnet. 007 could control the vehicle using a remote control built in to his Sony Ericsson phone, which he did for the duration of a highly improbable car chase. It was never mentioned how long the phone could go between charges, but considering it also had a fingerprint scanner, I bet he had to plug it in every night. Strangely, it didn’t have a colour screen.

James Bond is the youngest man in history to drive a 7 series BMW

4. Aston Martin V8 Vantage - The Living Daylights

Moving swiftly past the soundtrack by Norwegian bedwetters A-Ha, Bond recouped some cool with this savage beast of a machine, equipped with rocket launchers, skis and a jet engine. An unlikely combination I know, but that Q knew a Chekhov’s gun when he saw one.

Like Timothy Dalton, this car is…ok.

3. Aston Martin DBS V12 - Casino Royale

Look at the thing. Is it not the most gorgeous car in the world?

A lovely car. Shame it was trashed in the film

Couple that with a Guiness World Record-holding car flip to end all car flips (seven rolls) and you have a winner.

Count those flips - although I don’t think it would happen

2. Lotus Esprit S1 - The Spy Who Loved Me

Recall the first time you see the moment when Bond drives the Esprit into the sea. What’s going to happen? Will they make a daring underwater escape? Will Bond have a pen that turns into a scuba respirator a la Thunderball? Of course not, this is Roger Moore we’re talking about.

The Lotus. Not cut out for a Bond film, a sneeze would dent it

Instead, the Esprit turns into a submarine, and a formidable one at that, taking out several presciently placed henchmen on its way back to dry land. By the way, would you like to buy one?

If this was real, Bond would drown from the leaks in the windows

1. Aston Martin DB5 - Goldfinger

A plethora of gadgetry? Check. An Aston? Check. Completely of its time yet utterly timeless? Check. There are some wonderful, fabulous, fantastic cars on this list, but the image of Connery in tailor made suit leaning against a DB5 is iconic. Any car that can take the eye away from Connery’s titanic screen presence has to be something special.

DB5 - Classic Bond

It was the first time we saw Bond acting like we would in his position, with a mixture of awe and excitement when he says to Q, ‘Ejector seat? You’re joking!’ That kind of vicarious thrill is what Bond is all about.

What a lovely car, and with the right amount of gadgets

And the worst….

Aston Martin DB9 - Die Another Day

Yes it is a fabulous car but sometimes even 007 gets a little bombastic. An invisible car chase through an ice palace, using the ejector seat to flip the car back on to its wheels as it slides across the ice on its roof towards an oncoming rocket? Just silly.

Apparently, they left the script in the invisible car

Have we got the list right of wrong? What do you think is the best Bond car - if it’s in the list, please vote - if not - please let us know in the comment section what you think….