James Bond drives a Citroën 2CV during the Greek village chase in For Your Eyes Only.
The 1981 film gives the small yellow 2CV an unusually prominent action sequence. Bond and Melina Havelock use the car to escape pursuing gunmen through narrow roads and village streets. Its modest size, light weight and nimble handling become part of the comedy and suspense of the chase.
The Citroën 2CV was designed as an economical French people’s car rather than a high-performance spy vehicle. Citroën produced it from 1948 until 1990, making it one of Europe’s most enduring practical cars. The contrast between its humble reputation and Bond’s dangerous escape is the point of the sequence.
Some viewers remember the chase car simply as a small Citroën, but the specific model is the 2CV. It is not the larger DS, another famous Citroën associated with cinematic and technological imagery.