In The Spy Who Loved Me, which AMC model is transformed into a flying car?

In The Spy Who Loved Me, an AMC Matador is transformed into a flying car.

The vehicle belongs to Jaws and is used during the film’s sequence in which the villain pursues Bond and Anya Amasova. It first appears as a road car before deploying wings and becoming an aircraft in a deliberately spectacular piece of Bond machinery.

The Matador was an American mid-size car sold by American Motors Corporation. The film version was heavily modified for the flying scenes, and the aerial shots used a purpose-built aircraft rather than a normal road-going Matador.

Viewers sometimes confuse this car with the Lotus Esprit, which is the film’s famous amphibious Bond vehicle. They serve different roles: the AMC Matador belongs to Jaws, while the Lotus is Bond’s transforming car.