Beaulieu National Motor Museum hosts 'Bond in Motion' exhibition

The name Bond is synonymous with a few things – international espionage, gadgets and of course, women. But Bond also has one attribute that brings movie goers back time and time again: his choice of automobile.

Celebrating the past conquests of Ian Fleming's fictional British Secet Service agent, the Beaulieu National Motor Museum has announced a new exhibition entitled ‘Bond in Motion – 50 vehicles. 50 years'.

The 'Bond in Motion' display will feature a range of vehicles – from cars, boats, motorbikes, sleds, jets to other miscellaneous contraptions – which have appeared in the numerous James Bond films over the years.

The collection will include the 1964 Aston Martin DB5 and the 1937 Phantom lll Rolls-Royce (both from the Goldfinger film); the Lotus Esprit S1 affectionately nicknamed ‘Wet Nellie' from The Spy Who Loved Me; the Bede Acrostar jet famously flown in Octopussy; the BMW 750iL from Tomorrow Never Dies; the original villain ‘Parahawk' paraglider/snowmobile hybrid featured in The World is Not Enough; and the original SFX Cello Case Ski famously navigated by Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights.

"2012 is going to be a very exciting year for Beaulieu," said Stephen Munn, Beaulieu's Commercial Director. "After many months of planning, the preparation of the Bond exhibition area is about to begin and the first consignment of vehicles, on their way from the USA, will be arriving in a few weeks."

By John O'Brien