Pierce Brosnan’s first appearance as James Bond was in a silver DB5, just like his predecessor. But, with every new Bond comes a new car and this time it’s not British or right hand drive. Among the many ubiquitous chase scenes, close calls and shaken martinis in “Goldeneye” and other Bond classics is a stream of product placements, according to Business Intern. Like AMC’s paid inclusion in “The Man with the Golden Gun,” BMW’s marketing department had enough clout to put the hero on a German carousel. The movie was a great way to boost sales of the Z3, which was BMW’s first sports car since the 507 of the 1950s.

To say Bond drove a German car isn’t entirely accurate, as the car is made in South Carolina, a first for BMW, according to Motoring Research. The car gets little screen time and doesn’t influence the plot. We see he has a parachute and Q tells Bond about his Stinger missiles, radar and self destruct system but none of those are deployed but all the fun BMW stuff has to wait for the next movie. However, the best product link comes later, when Nintendo released Goldeneye for N64considered by many to be one of the best video games of the 90s, if not of all time.