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Eager to see new cars in 'Spectre'? Check out 10 Bond cars that aren't Aston Martins

James Bond's latest flick 'Spectre' is all set to hit the screens in India. The film will see Aston Martin as being the preferred wheeled partner in solving the crime. However it was not so always.

Bond has used, at some point of time in his movies, other car brands too as his choice of mode of transport. Here, we look at 10 such cars which are not Aston Martin, but still got the pleasure of being driven by Agent 007.

In this slide, we have Sunbeam Alpine Series II which was used in the movie Dr No released in the year 1962

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Toyota 2000GT seen in the movie You Only Live Twice, was a modified version of the car, which was thought by many to be the first super car from Japan.

Originally, a hard top, the car was modified by Toyota as an open top car because the low roof did not allow the tall protagonist to sit comfortably. The Japanese company made the changes only on this one unit for the movie.

Only 351 units of 2000GT were ever built.

Those of us who have seen Diamonds are Forever, many still consider the car chase sequence seen in this movie, as among the best in a Bond movie.

Ford was so interested in having James Bond drive a Mustang, that the American company offered to provide as many cars needed for the shooting. It is said that almost all the cars destroyed during filming were Fords.

In the movie The Man With the Golden Gun, which was released in the year 1974, Bond drives an AMC Hornet X Hatchback in one of the scenes.

AMC Hornet ended up being part of one of the most memorable car stunts in a bond movie ever, when Bond used it to do a 360 degree barrel roll over a river.

Over the years, we have seen numerous highly advanced Bond cars with fancy gadgets and features. Among all, Lotus Esprit S1 used in the movie, The Spy who Loved Me, has to stand out as the one with the best feature.

In the movie, the car transformed into a mini submarine when Bond drove off a cliff into the sea during a chase sequence.

The custom built submarine was designed by US-based Perry Oceanographic Inc in 1977 for about $100,000 at the time and was named Wet Nellie.

In all, six modified Esprits were used for the filming.

Citroen 2CV has to be the most non-glamorous Bond Car ever. The yellow coloured Citroen 2CV was used in a chase scene in the movie For Your Eyes Only.

To cope up with the demand of the high-speed chase, Citroen 2CV was fitted with a flat-4 engine from a Citroën GS for more power.

The Rolls Royce Silver cloud II which was used in the movie A View to a Kill, wsa the personal car of James Bond producer Cubby Broccoli.

Rolls Royce Silver cloud II, unlike many other in the list, was the main Bond car in the movie.

BMW Z3, which was the Bond car in the 1995 movie Golden Eye, was the first non-British car to feature as a Bond Car.

It was also the most highly endowed Bond car ever at the time, yet the most disappointing.

It was disappointing because whatever feature which were demonstrated in the laboratory, like the parachute breaking system, self-destruct system, ejector seat and stinger missiles housed behind the headlights, are never actually used on the action field.

It is said that after Golden eye topped the charts, the sales of this roadster too spiked.

If Lotus Esprit had one cool feature, BMW 750iL in the movie Tomorrow Never Dies had tens of them.

Some of the features in the car included bullet proof windows, body that can withstand being hit by a sledgehammer, electrified door handles, tear gas. But the best of them all was that the car could be remotely driven by using a phone.

This was the probably the first time that so many features of bond car were showcased in a movie.

Alright, this is not a car. But we just could not keep it out of the list. The fact that an Indian brand appeared in a Bond movie as his transportation, made it significant enough to be included in the list.

Bajaj's auto rickshaw was used in the movie Octopussy, which was released in the year 1983. The modest auto rickshaw is shown pulling off a perfect wheelie during a chase sequence through crowded Indian streets.

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