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NEWS<br />

Flashiest<br />

Bond car<br />

collection<br />

valuation revealed<br />

New research<br />

reveals Sean<br />

Connery’s Bond<br />

has the flashiest<br />

car collection,<br />

worth over £1.6M<br />

<strong>The</strong> new study carried out by<br />

Moneybarn, has analysed the current<br />

value of each 007’s car collection, to<br />

reveal which Bond star has the flashiest<br />

car collection in the present day.<br />

You can view the full research here:<br />

https://www.moneybarn.com/blog/latestmotor-news/007s-damage-index/<br />

Sean Connery, the original Bond,<br />

takes the top spot for the flashiest car<br />

collection as 007. Connery’s collection<br />

is worth over £1.6 million in the present<br />

day! In his collection are two Aston Martin<br />

DB5s, a staple of the movie series and the<br />

Sunbeam Alpine, the first car Bond drives<br />

on the silver screen.<br />

<strong>The</strong> most recent Bond, Daniel Craig,<br />

takes second place for the flashiest car<br />

collection, totalling more than £1.1 million<br />

today! Aside from a fleet of luxury sports<br />

cars including four Aston Martins, this<br />

version of 007 also has more modest<br />

tastes, with two very affordable Fords in<br />

his collection.<br />

Pierce Brosnan’s 007 ranks in third<br />

place, with his car collection having a<br />

current value of over £950,000! Brosnan’s<br />

collection includes three BMWs, two<br />

of which met sticky ends, and an Aston<br />

Martin Vanquish, equipped with an<br />

adaptive camouflage that renders it<br />

invisible.<br />

Further findings:<br />

l <strong>The</strong> total of Mr. Bond’s car damages from every<br />

film cost over a whopping £1.9 million!<br />

l Sean Connery’s 007 also caused the most in<br />

damages, costing a whopping £675,000 from a<br />

single crash!<br />

l Goldfinger, Thunderball and Golden Eye had<br />

the best car collection of all of the Bond<br />

movies, with a joint value of £675,000.<br />

l George Lazenby was named the most cautious<br />

007. Starring in only one Bond film, Lazenby’s<br />

Bond destroys only two cars, costing around<br />

£117,000 to replace today.<br />

20 THE GARAGE<br />

20,21 Bond 007, Pichler.indd 1 24/01/2023 15:52

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