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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The car from the film of the same name. The racing driver Zborowski built three aero-engined cars all called Chitty Bang Bang in the 1920s. These cars were immortalised in the famous film 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', which was released in 1968. The film was based on a novel by Ian Fleming. The car was finished in June 1967 and was registered with the number plate GEN 11, the plate given to her by Ian Fleming in the book. In the novel, the number plate GEN11 had significance in that if you read the number ones as the letter i, it spells out the latin word genii meaning magical person or being. It was created with the help of Alan Mann, head of the Ford racing team at the time.