Screen stars
34 appearances by cars on this site in film and television, in the order they reached the screen. Tap one to open the car's page.
Carry On Cabby
A fleet of brand-new Cortinas plays the Glamcabs taxi firm that takes on the men.
Goldfinger
James Bond's silver DB5, with machine guns, revolving number plates and an ejector seat. It has returned in several Bond films since.
The Avengers
Emma Peel's nippy little Elan was as modern as she was.
Get Smart
Bumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart drives a red Tiger in the opening titles.
The Prisoner
Number Six storms into London in a Lotus Seven, registration KAR 120C, at the start of every episode.
The Italian Job
Three Mini Coopers in red, white and blue escape through Turin's arcades, sewers and rooftops with a fortune in gold.
The Italian Job
Two E-Types are among the beautiful cars the Mafia wrecks on a mountain road as a warning.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
James Bond's car for his one outing played by George Lazenby.
Diamonds Are Forever
Bond borrows a yellow Stag from a smuggler he is impersonating.
The Persuaders!
Lord Brett Sinclair, played by Roger Moore, drives a Bahama Yellow DBS.
Fawlty Towers
When his car breaks down on Gourmet Night, Basil Fawlty gives it a damn good thrashing with a branch. It is the Austin estate version.
The Sweeney
Regan and Carter's bronze Consul GT, the Granada's sister, screeches through 1970s London.
The New Avengers
Mike Gambit drives a red XJ-S.
The New Avengers
Purdey's car is a bright yellow TR7.
The Spy Who Loved Me
Bond's white Esprit drives off a jetty and turns into a submarine.
The Professionals
Bodie and Doyle slide their 3.0-litre Capris round every corner.
Return of the Saint
Simon Templar swaps his old Volvo for a white XJ-S.
Minder
Dodgy dealer Arthur Daley fancies himself in a big Jaguar saloon.
Only Fools and Horses
The Trotters' yellow three-wheeled van: New York, Paris, Peckham.
Back to the Future
Doc Brown builds his time machine out of a DeLorean. It needs 88 mph and 1.21 gigawatts.
Inspector Morse
Morse's burgundy Mark 2 is as much a part of Oxford as the spires.
The Living Daylights
Bond's Aston V8 has skis, rockets and a laser in the wheel hub.
Pretty Woman
Richard Gere's character cannot drive his borrowed Esprit properly, so Julia Roberts's character takes the wheel.
Mr Bean
Mr Bean's lime-green Mini with a padlock on the door. It is an ordinary Mini 1000, not a Cooper.
Mr Bean
The pale blue three-wheeler that Mr Bean keeps running off the road is a Regal van.
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Austin's Union Jack-painted E-Type is the Shaguar.
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
The Shaguar returns, this time as an XK8 convertible.
Swordfish
John Travolta's character hands over the keys to a colour-shifting Tuscan for a wild chase.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Mr Weasley's enchanted pale blue Anglia flies Harry and Ron to Hogwarts and crashes into the Whomping Willow.
Die Another Day
Bond's Vanquish can turn invisible, which Q calls the Vanish.
The Italian Job
The remake swaps the old Minis for new ones and Turin for Los Angeles.
Life on Mars
DCI Gene Hunt's bronze Cortina is his pride and joy in 1973 Manchester.
Top Gear
A Robin is rolled over again and again on a drive through Yorkshire.
Skyfall
Moneypenny chases a train through Istanbul in a Defender in the opening sequence.
Years are when the film was released or the series began. The cars are drawn in one of their catalogue colours, which may not be the colour seen on screen.