James Bond’s Lotus self destructs so he has to resort to his girl of the moment’s Citroen 2CV to make their escape (love what the music does when James sees the 2CV!), the 2CV used in the film actually had a 4 cylinder Citroen GS engine in it…

The first rally was started in the year 1999. And the winner of the this rally were Luke Craft and Dylan Murray. They were in the Light car Company Rocket of 1999. The winners of the next rally which was held in the year 2000 was Tom Brudenell Bruce. This time it was not a pair who won the trophy, rather it was an individual. And he was in the 2000 model of Ferrari 550. The next rally was in 2001. And the winner was Kim Schmitz who won the trophy driving in his Mercedes-Benz Brabus SV12 Megacar. The winner of the 2002 Gumball 3000 rally were Alex Roy and David Maher. This time it was a pair who won the trophy and they were in their BMW M5. The next rally was in 2004 and the winning pair was of Gary Lutke and John Docherty. This cool winning pair took home the Spirit of the Gumball Trophy and the car that they used was Citroen 2CV. In 2005, the winning pair was of Sue Bellarby and Katie Huddart. They were with Caterham 7. The winners of the 2006 Gumball 3000 rally were in Rolls Royce Phantom. And the winning was of Damian Williams, Richard Blackburn and Ezra Chapman. The Gumball 3000 rally of 2007 was won by the pair of Kernal Sadikoglu and Alikonur Yarsuvat. These two were Turkish Taxi. The winner of the 2008 Gumball 3000 Rally was in Honda Accord. And the name of the winner is John Boyle.