Check out James Bond's greatest cars
These days Aston Martin and James Bond form what is arguably the most successful movie/car tie-up in film history. These two brands are forever intertwined with one another.
For Bond's latest adventure, Aston Martin even designed a car just for 007. However, the relationship between the car company and filmmakers were not always so chummy. In fact, Bond actually drove a Bentley in Ian Fleming's novels.
Although it took a lot of convincing on the part of the filmmakers to get access to the cars, the Aston Martin DB5's appearance in 1964's "Goldfinger" made it an overnight sensation. It is the greatest and most famous of the Bond cars to grace the silver screen.
In fact, the DB5 has appeared on and off in numerous Bond films —including a breathtaking cameo in 2012's "Skyfall."
The DB5 kicked off a long line of Aston Martin Bond cars, including a souped up V8 Volante in 1987's "The Living Daylights" driven by Timothy Dalton's Bond. Although Bond's V8 Volante was to be a hardtop convertible, some modified coupes (like this one pictured below) were used as well.
After the BMW era of the 1990s, Bond returned to Aston Martin in 2002's "Die Another Day" with this Aston Martin Vanquish.
Pierce Brosnan's heavily armed, disappearing Vanquish was followed by...
... Daniel Craig's awesome V-12 powered DBS. Easily one of the best looking Bond cars of all time.
Even with significant body damage suffered in the opening scene of 2008's "Quantum of Solace," the DBS is still a looker.
After the DB5, a series of other brands appeared sporadically as Bond cars. One of the most famous is the Toyota 2000GT in 1967's "You Only Live Twice." Although the 2000GT was originally built only as a coupe, the film's producers commissioned a special convertible version because Sean Connery simply couldn't fit into the diminutive sports car.
After the 2000GT, Connery's Bond jumped behind the wheel of a Ford Mustang Mach 1 in 1971's "Diamonds Are Forever." He even managed to drive it sideways through an alley.
After the Aston Martin, the brand most commonly associated with the Bond franchise is Lotus. The company's iconic Esprit S1 sports first appeared in 1977's "The Spy Who Loved Me."
The Esprit even transformed into a submarine!
Updated versions of the Esprit made subsequent Bond appearances in films such as 1981's "For Your Eyes Only."
The late '90s and early 2000s was Bond's BMW era. Its was an era punctuated by highs (like this Z8 from 1998 " The World is Not Enough") and ...
... lows (Like the Z3 from 1995's "GoldenEye).
The Z8 was even kitted out with some nice touches from Q, like these side-mounted rockets.
Even Bond's villains got some truly awesome rides — like this Jaguar XKR armed with rockets, missiles, and machine guns.
For "Spectre," the baddies get to bomb around the streets of Rome in one of Jaguar's menacing C-X75 hypercars.
However, the ultimate Bond villain car is Goldfinger's 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III.
James Bond's latest adventure, "Spectre," arrives in US theaters on November 6, 2015.
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