<P> For the 1968 film , six cars were created , including a fully functional road - going car with UK registration GEN 11 . This car was designed by the film 's production designer , Ken Adam , and cartoonist and sculptor Frederick Rowland Emett , built by Alan Mann Racing in Hertfordshire in 1967 , fitted with a Ford 3000 V6 engine and automatic transmission and allocated a genuine UK registration . This car was privately owned by Pierre Picton of Stratford - upon - Avon from the early 1970s until May 2011 . Actor Dick van Dyke , who drove the car in the film , said that `` the car was a little difficult to maneuver , with the turning radius of a battleship '' . Public appearances of the car in 2010 are listed on the GEN 11 official website , with a note that there will be no more as the car was sent to Los Angeles , USA , to be auctioned on 22 May 2011 . The auction price was expected to reach US $ 1 -- 2m , but capped at $805,000 ( £ 495,415 ) with the winning bidder New Zealand film director Sir Peter Jackson , who according to his spokesperson said he would use it as a charity fund - raising vehicle . It is registered in New Zealand as GEN 1I , as the registration GEN 11 had already been issued . </P>
<P> For the 1968 film , six cars were created , including a fully functional road - going car with UK registration GEN 11 . This car was designed by the film 's production designer , Ken Adam , and cartoonist and sculptor Frederick Rowland Emett , built by Alan Mann Racing in Hertfordshire in 1967 , fitted with a Ford 3000 V6 engine and automatic transmission and allocated a genuine UK registration . This car was privately owned by Pierre Picton of Stratford - upon - Avon from the early 1970s until May 2011 . Actor Dick van Dyke , who drove the car in the film , said that `` the car was a little difficult to maneuver , with the turning radius of a battleship '' . Public appearances of the car in 2010 are listed on the GEN 11 official website , with a note that there will be no more as the car was sent to Los Angeles , USA , to be auctioned on 22 May 2011 . The auction price was expected to reach US $ 1 -- 2m , but capped at $805,000 ( £ 495,415 ) with the winning bidder New Zealand film director Sir Peter Jackson , who according to his spokesperson said he would use it as a charity fund - raising vehicle . It is registered in New Zealand as GEN 1I , as the registration GEN 11 had already been issued . </P>
where was chitty chitty bang bang car made
where was chitty chitty bang bang car made
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire