In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Harry used a flying light-blue scooter to travel alongside while Ron flew the car. In summary, the magazine was full of praise for the upgraded Anglia: “Economical, robust, safe, easy to drive and extremely ‘biddable’, the Anglia Super 1200 offers everything to be expected of a strictly four-seater family car – plus more lively performance, a degree of attention to detail and superior finish that raise it above the run of small, cheap saloons.”

At some point between 1993 and 1998, the car may have been taken into the Room of Requirement by a member of the Hogwarts staff as a similar car appeared upside-down during the students' escape from Fiendfyre. It was presumably destroyed along with the other artefacts in the room. [10] The Anglia was going up in the world, however – a second windscreen wiper was added at no extra cost! With the boathouse we'll get a Hogwarts modular set based on location we haven't yet seen made as a LEGO set (besides in the microscale Hogwarts Castle). It was first seen in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second movie of the series, after Harry and Ron missed the Hogwarts Express and they stole Arthur Weasley's flying car to get to their school.And while Ron’s car didn’t exactly rescue the Anglia from obscurity, it did bring it to a whole new audience. The light blue car (license number 7990 TD) that appears in the second film was an authentic 1962 Ford Anglia 105E, built in Ford’s factory in the United Kingdom. Special effects supervisor John Richardson took out the engine and gutted the vehicle to make it lighter, and then fitted it onto a rotating crane with a special joint called a gimbal head. While the Mini changed everyone’s perception of what a small car could be, the Triumph Herald and the Anglia revolutionised their respective manufacturers’ public image with hitherto unseen sharp, angular styling.

After the Harry Potter movies finished filming, a range of fates awaited the cars featured. Singer Liam Payne paid a six-figure price for one of the movie cars, now on display in his garden. Another car is on display at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Actors Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint drove a different, operational version of the Ford Anglia to the 2010 opening of the same theme park. Facelifted in 1957, with a refreshed face, larger rear window, larger tail lights, and chrome bumpers, the car sold well throughout its life. Updated February 2022: If you're a fan of Harry Potter or the Ford Anglia, you'll be happy to know that we've updated this article with even more interesting facts about the cool and quirky flying car.

Overtaking ambition

We’d love to see a video of what came next – “a comic sketch wherein a confirmed Volkswagen enthusiast is introduced to the new Anglia and made to realise what a relatively inferior car the VW is when compared to the 1959 Ford”. When the The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened in 2010, most of the invited actors arrived in the Knight Bus, but Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe arrived in the flying Ford Anglia.

Unitary construction was adopted for the first time and the suspension evolved, with McPherson struts at the front and anti-roll bar and semi-elliptic leaf springs at the rear. Some unbelievable things have happened in Cornwall over the years - and one of them is that one of the "flying" Ford Anglia cars used in the Harry Potter films was stolen from a local studio before reappearing, months later, on Carn Brea. Inside, the interior “gives a splendidly light and airy impression, all-round visibility being very good, though again, for that most unfortunate of motorists the ‘tall driver’, there is a tiresome unwiped area of windscreen high at the outside right”. Continue the magical excitement outdoors with this Harry Potter LEGO set! Ron appears at the upstairs window with Mr Weasley’s famous Ford Anglia flying car! Open the boot to find the chain, attach it to the window, and in no time, they pull the window off. Make this memorable moment last with the LEGO Harry Potter set.Power was up 25 per cent on the 997cc engine, with a weight increase of only 12lb, resulting in an increased top speed of 84mph, up from 79mph. This engine has a surprising amount of ‘bite’, and provided the gearbox is used the car is very brisk away from a standstill and nips through traffic in an impressive manner,” according to the road tester. Guests were greeted in a “gay lounge of vast dimensions” and lunched “in an even more imposing dining-hall, while outside in the sunshine every conceivable Ford car and commercial vehicle was displayed, including a selection of historic vehicles which have carried the illustrious name of Ford since the era of the model-T”. It is believed that the vehicle could not have been driven therefore it is suspected that it would have to have been towed or lifted from the scene."

In all, 250 models were sold in blue, and 500 in gold, out of a total production run of 1,288,956 Anglias over eight years from 1959 to 1967. The Flying Ford Anglia is a turquoise automobile bought by Arthur Weasley for the purposes of taking it apart in his shed to see how it worked – at least, that’s the story he told Molly. In fact, in the process of dismantling and reassembling the car, he also bewitched it to be able to fly and installed an Invisibility Booster. He also magically expanded the inner spaces so that an enormous amount of luggage could fit in the boot and an amazing number of people could sit comfortably in its wide seats.

With development work on the all-new Ford Escort well under way, the ageing Anglia headed into its twilight years at the height of the Swinging Sixties. J. K. Rowling said in 1999 that it was supposed to reappear in a future book. It is unknown what became of this. [7] In total there will be 7 new sets in the first half of the year, all of which will be released on March 1st. Flying Ford Anglia (76424) In addition to the boathouse section itself, which as said can be combined with the other Hogwarts modular sets, some boats are also said to be included.