James Bond In Motion exhibit set to open in England

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With the much-anticipated filming of “Bond 23″ set to begin in early November (EON Productions has yet to announce the official title of the 23rd James Bond adventure*), word has come via MI6 that the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, in conjunction with EON Productions, is set to open the Bond In Motion exhibit on January 18, 2012.

Touted as the largest collection of James Bond vehicles ever assembled in one location in the world, the exhibit will consist of 50 iconic James Bond vehicles while celebrating 50 years of creator Ian Fleming’s famed spy on the silver screen. Fans will be able to cast their eyes upon:

The 1964 Aston Martin DB5 and the 1937 Phantom III Rolls-Royce both from Goldfinger, the Lotus Esprit S1 affectionately nicknamed “Wet Nellie” from The Spy Who Loved Me, the Bede Acrostar jet famously flown in Octopussy, the BMW 750iL from Tomorrow Never Dies, the original villain Parahawk featured in The World is Not Enough and the original SFX Cello Case Ski famously navigated by Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights.

Located in the south of England between Southampton and Bournemouth, the museum will host the exhibit through next December. In addition to the named vehicles above, it appears (according to the museum’s website) that the Mercury Cougar used in 1969′s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and the AMC Hornet from 1974′s The Man With The Golden Gun, among others, will also be on display.

For those of you who might already be planning a vacation to coincide with the exhibit, an added bonus at the museum is the World of Top Gear exhibit!

* A footnote for those of you who might be counting the number of James Bond films, Never Say Never Again, released in 1983 staring Sean Connery (the same year in which Octopussy with Roger Moore was released), is considered an “unofficial” film; the backstory for such reasoning can be found here.