Movie: "The Spy Who Loved Me," 1977

Why? Another jointly praised effort. Dempsey calls it "a clever product from Q's laboratory. Not only a car that looked fast standing still, it converted to a submarine capable of laying underwater mines and firing lethal antiaircraft missiles." Kind of beats electronic stability control, eh? Pfeiffer notes that producers needed quite a few Esprits to make the movie. "Six cars were used to achieve these effects, as well as miniature models — though none were actually amphibious. One of the remaining vehicles is now owned by the Ian Fleming Foundation."