Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (car) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (car) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the vintage racing car which features in the book, musical film and stage production of the same name. Writer Ian Fleming took his inspiration for the car from a series of aero-engined racing cars built by Count Louis Zborowski in the early 1920s, christened "Chitty Bang Bang". The original Chitty Bang Bang's engine was from a Zeppelin dirigible. The name reputedly derived either from the sound it made whilst idling, or from a bawdy song from World War I. Six versions of the car were built for the film and
Truly Scrumptious Mr. Coggins (the local mechanic) to tow it out later that afternoon. Once they are on their way again, Truly learns that the car is named "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (due to the noises it makes) and they sing the film's title song ("Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"). During the picnic at the beach, Truly watched Caractacus playing with his children, and realises that she has fallen in love with him. The picnic turns into an unexpected adventure, and afterwards the family escort Truly safely home but invite her to another picnic the next day, which she accepts. As Caractacus and