Bond cars on display

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The National Motor Museum announces a new Bond In Motion exhibition, starring 50 vehicles used in the James Bond films, which opens in January.
By Paul Hudson3:18PM GMT 01 Nov 2011.

An exhibition of 50 vehicles used in the James Bond films will go on display from January 18 a the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu in the New Forest.
The Museum and EON Productions, the UK-based production company which makes the James Bond films, announced the display in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first Bond film, as well as the Museum's 40th birthday.
The exhibition, claimed to be the largest of its kind staged anywhere in the world, will feature many of the well known and best loved cars that have featured in 007's adventures down the years.
Bond In Motion will feature a range of Bond-related vehicles including cars, boats, motorbikes, sleds, jets and many more. As ever, the star attraction will be the silver 1964 Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger, in tandem with the 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III owned by arch-villain Auric Goldfinger.
Other famous vehicles include "Wet Nellie", the aquatic Lotus Esprit S1 from The Spy Who Loved Me, and the BMW 750iL from Tomorrow Never Dies.

There's also the tiny Bede Acrostar jet used in Octopussy, the original Parahawk paraglider/snowmobile hybrid featured in The World is Not Enough and the original cello case navigated by Timothy Dalton during a snowy chase in The Living Daylights.
Stephen Munn, Beaulieu's commercial director, said: "2012 is going to be a very exciting year for the National Motor Museum. 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"
The Bond In Motion exhibition will run from January to December 2012 at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu.
Full details at http://www.beaulieu.co.uk or call 01590 612345.
* To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the invention of the car, the National Motor Museum has launched a challenge to create the definitive list of the 125 most important cars of all time.
The Museum houses a working replica of the car that started it all. Karl Benz applied for a patent for his motor vehicle, widely regarded as the first automobile, in January 1886 and unveiling it to the public later in the year.
"We're looking for the cars that have been most influential and made the biggest impact on history. These are not necessarily the prettiest or the fastest but those that have broken new ground and made the motor car what it is today," said a spokesman for the National Motor Museum.
To make your suggestions, log on to http://www.facebook.com/nationalmotormuseum or @beaulieu_hants on Twitter.