A study by comparison site 1st Move International has revealed the price increase of every 007 car in every James Bond movie, to reveal which Bond’s garage has seen the biggest increase in value.
The study found the original and 2019 prices of 007’s cars in each Bond movie, i.e. the 1964 cost of an Aston Martin DB5 compared to the 2019 value, and collectively calculated the value increase per individual Bond garage to see which Bond would do best overall.
Coming 1st is Sean Connery, the definitive Bond, who’s garage has collectively increased 863%. This is primarily on the strength of Goldfinger’s Aston Martin DB5, which cost back £4,175 in the 60s but is worth £687,696 now, an increase of 16372%. The Toyota 200 GT from You Only Live Twice has also seen a significant increase.
2nd place is George Lazenby, who did just one, but who’s Aston Martin DBS has seen a significant increase in value of 4705%. In third place is Daniel Craig, who actually has the most expensive car garage thanks to Spectre’s Aston Martin DB10 — only 10 were made, and now sell for over £3 million — but who hasn’t seen the value increase of Connery or Lazenby.
Moore despite doing 7 movies comes 4th, followed by Brosnan, who’s 90s BMWs have not increased in value, and Dalton, who perhaps did too few movies. Dalton’s Aston Martin V8 appears in the upcoming No Time To Die.
Collectively, Bond’s cars have seen a 863% increase, with the value moving from £75,644.00 to £7277426.
Jack Limerick, Director of Web Services at 1st Move International, said:
“It was important to compare the Bond’s individually, to answer which Bond’s garage had seen the biggest leap in value. Some of the data was very surprising — the Spectre Aston Martin which has increased an insane amount, due to lack of vehicles produced, but most interesting for me was the fact that Geoge Lazenby, who only did one movie, had a bigger boost in value than Roger Moore who did 7. Those 60s Aston Martins seem to age like fine wine. It’s also surprising to see the cars which decreased in value, such as the BMW’s from the 90s Brosnan’s. These are therefore the most affordable to own today.
“We expected the cars to increase in value but the sheer numbers here are astounding — Connery’s Aston Martin DB5 has almost hit a 20,000% increase in value!
“As a shipping company who ship cars globally, we were curious to see just how much it would cost for Bond to move his vehicles from location to location, working on the idea that the British taxpayers would be paying for this. It’s Moore who comes out on top — whose sheer amount of movies and locations put him ahead.’
20 years ago, 1st Move International acted as a professional freight forwarding business, arranging the shipping of commercial goods overseas for exporters and manufacturers. 1st Move International have built on this experience and successful expanded to take on international removals services for private clients. Using a bespoke packing system that allows them to load goods with commercial companies, 1st Move International ship out weekly to 6400 destinations worldwide.
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