| Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | |
|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Chitty_Chitty_Bang_Bang_(automobile)_at_Classic_%26_Sports_Cars_By_the_Lake_(2010)_07.jpg) The car with UK registration GEN 11, which was the primary model used for the most of driving sequences of the 1968 musical film, photographed in September 2010. | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Alan Mann Racing |
| Also called | Paragon Panther |
| Production | 1967 |
| Designer | Ken Adam, Frederick Rowland Emett |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | custom film model |
| Layout | FR |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 2,994 cm3 (182.7 cu in) Ford Essex V6 |
| Transmission | automatic |
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the vintage racing car which is featured in the book, musical film and stage production of the same name. Writer Ian Fleming took his inspiration for the car from a series of aero-engined racing cars built by Count Louis Zborowski in the early 1920s, christened Chitty Bang Bang. The original Chitty Bang Bang's engine was from a Zeppelin dirigible. The name reputedly derived either from the sound it made whilst idling, or from a bawdy song from World War I.[citation needed]
Six versions of the car were built for the film and several replicas have subsequently been produced. The version built for the stage production holds the record for the most expensive stage prop ever used.