Bond gets the Aston Martin, but the women in his films have been driving, riding and flying some very interesting machinery since 1964. Some of it is now a blue-chip collectible. Some of it is worth less than a tank of gas in a DB5.
So we sent every Bond girl car, bike and plane to the appraiser: heroines, allies and a couple of women who were actively trying to kill him. Each ride is valued at what an ordinary example of the same make and model goes for today, not the screen-used prop, using a mix of recent auction results and current asking prices checked in October 2026. Prices move, so treat these as ballparks. Film damage is noted but not deducted. Nobody’s insurance covers rockets.
10 to 7: Trade-in value
10. Camille’s Ford Ka, Quantum of Solace (2008)
Camille was hunting a Bolivian general with a dead family to avenge, and she did it in the then brand-new second-generation Ford Ka, which tells you she spent the budget on the mission. The little hatchback carried her around Haiti. Today an early one is about as cheap as a first car gets.
Resale value: A 2009 second-generation Ka is typically listed at around £2,000 in the UK.
9. Fiona Volpe’s BSA A65 Lightning, Thunderball (1965)
The SPECTRE assassin rode a gold BSA Lightning with rocket launchers built into the fairing, used them to blow up Count Lippe’s car, then dumped the bike in a lake. The rockets were a one-off. The Lightning itself is a 650cc British twin from a company that had been the biggest motorcycle maker in the world.
Resale value: Recent auction results run from under $3,000 for tired bikes to about $14,500 for a clean one. Add nothing for the rockets. The lake would normally be a deduction, but our appraiser has agreed not to ask.
8. Jinx’s Ford Thunderbird, Die Another Day (2002)
Jinx drove a 2002 Thunderbird, Ford’s retro two-seater, and Ford liked the tie-in enough to build a 2003 “007” limited edition to match. The ordinary ones have done what most cars from 2002 do, which is depreciate.
Resale value: A 2002 Thunderbird’s median auction price is about $13,750. The 007 edition can command a premium: one remarkably low-mileage example was advertised for nearly $60,000.
7. Melina Havelock’s Citroën 2CV, For Your Eyes Only (1981)
First surprise on the list: the 2CV, a car designed to carry farmers and eggs, now sells for more than Jinx’s Thunderbird. Bond ended up in Melina’s bright yellow one after his Lotus was destroyed by its own anti-theft system. The film cars got a bigger four-cylinder engine so they could outrun a pack of Peugeots, something no stock 2CV could manage. The real ones are cult classics now, with a loyal following and a famously soft ride.
Resale value: The 2CV’s median auction price is about $14,500, a few hundred dollars ahead of the Thunderbird.
6 to 4: Private sale
6. Tilly Masterson’s Ford Mustang Convertible, Goldfinger (1964)
Tilly was chasing Goldfinger to avenge her sister, and she did it in one of the very first Mustangs ever built, the model had only just launched. Bond followed her up the Furka Pass in his DB5 and used the wheel-hub blades to shred her car’s flank. The Bond in Motion exhibition credits Tilly as the first female character seen driving a car in a Bond film, and Bond’s response was to vandalize it.
Resale value: A 1964½ Mustang convertible’s market benchmark is about $35,000. Expect less if a man in an Aston Martin has been near it.
5. Eve Moneypenny’s Land Rover Defender, Skyfall (2012)
Eve chased a hired killer through Istanbul in a Defender 110 Double Cab, then took the shot that knocked Bond off a train and into a river. The old-school Defender went out of production in 2016, which helped turn it into a collectible. Seven were built for the film, and one screen-used truck later went up for auction with its bullet holes intact and an opening bid of $85,000.
Resale value: Late-model original Defenders typically sell for about £20,000 to £45,000 in the UK. Bullet holes are apparently a feature.
4. Tracy di Vicenzo’s Mercury Cougar XR7 Convertible, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
Tracy crashed an ice race in a red Cougar convertible with a seven-liter V8 and scattered a field of Minis and Escorts while Bond held on. She also rescued him with it, which is the more important detail. The Cougar is the classy cousin of the Mustang, and the convertibles hold their value well, especially the big-engine versions.
Resale value: Recent 1969 XR7 convertible sales range from about $23,000 to $90,000, with the Cobra Jet cars at the top.
3 to 1: Call the auction house
3. Xenia Onatopp’s Ferrari F355 GTS, GoldenEye (1995)
Xenia told Bond the red F355 belonged to a friend, which is the kind of title history that would worry any buyer. She raced his DB5 through the hills above Monaco and won. Off screen, as Bond car historians tell it, the two cars collided during filming, and Ferrari, which had loaned its car, agreed to cover the damage on one condition: the Ferrari had to win. The F355 has since become one of the most wanted modern Ferraris, especially with the manual gearbox.
Resale value: A manual F355 GTS commonly sells for roughly $100,000 to $190,000. Title check strongly recommended.
2. Pussy Galore’s Flying Circus, Goldfinger (1964)
One Piper Cherokee is a humble four-seat trainer. Pussy Galore ran a whole squadron of them, five Cherokees flying in formation over Fort Knox, so the appraiser valued the Flying Circus the way she ran it: as a fleet. The planes weren’t identical, the film used a mix of Cherokee models, and four of the five were still on the FAA register as privately owned years later. She also flew Goldfinger’s Lockheed JetStar, but that was the boss’s plane.
Resale value: A single 1964 Cherokee 140 is typically listed at around $70,000 to $80,000, and the bigger-engined versions ask more. Even five of the cheapest Cherokees currently for sale would cost more than a typical F355 GTS.
1. Kara Milovy’s Cello Case, The Living Daylights (1987)
When Bond’s Aston Martin was wrecked on the run from Czechoslovakia, Kara’s cello case became a toboggan. The two of them rode in the case down a snowy slope and across the Austrian border, while Bond held the cello outside it and used it to steer, which no auction house recommends. That cello is her Stradivarius, the “Lady Rose,” bought for her at a New York auction for $150,000 in the film. A former world champion skeleton racer later studied the scene and concluded it was impossible.
Resale value: Yes, we know. The case is the ride, and the case is a box with skis on it. But the cello came along for the ride, so the appraiser valued the contents, and an appeal has been filed. Real Stradivarius cellos are worth millions: one loaned out in Canada was appraised at about $8 million. A famous story about another, the Duport, selling for $20 million was later disputed by the family that owned it, so we’re not counting that one.
The appraiser’s notes
The Ferrari is expensive. The 2CV is less cheap than you hoped. The Ka is exactly as cheap as you feared. And the cello has ruined the entire comparison, which is why it’s winning.