In the film Goldfinger, James Bond drove an Aston Martin DB5 with a passenger ejector seat. Bond used it to get rid of one of his enemies. The Aston Martin also had machine guns, armour and spikes which came out of the wheels to slash the tyres of other cars.
Amazing! When the Pope travels away from the Vatican, he takes a special car, nicknamed the ‘Popemobile’. The car has a bullet-proof glass dome. When the Pope goes on tours he stands under the dome holding on to a hand rail. His followers can easily see him, and he can see them, without the risk of attack.
Which supercar had six wheels?
The wedge-shaped Panther Six was designed by Bob Jankel in 1977. It was five metres long and over two metres wide. Both pairs of front wheels steered the car, which was never sold to the public.
Who had his Rolls Royce painted in amazing flowery patterns?
The Beatles were the world’s biggest pop group in the 1960s. Singer John Lennon painted his Rolls Royce Phantom VI with trendy colourful patterns.
Is it true? There really was a car called a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Yes. In the 1920s, Count Louis Zborowski commissioned three incredibly fast Brooklands racing cars. The Count, a keen racer, competed in all three cars, but was killed in his Mercedes racing car in 1924.
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