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 only “startlingly new aspect” of the Anglia was the reverse-raked rear window, which meant no rear parcel shelf, but did allow for the boot to open wide.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.

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. 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. The car has been stolen by his son Ron on a number of occasions. Once to rescue his friend Harry Potter from the Dursley’s house and once with Harry to return to Hogwarts after the gate to Platform 9¾ is sealed by Dobby. Considering they crash landed the car in the Whomping Willow when returning to Hogwarts, the car is in amazingly good condition.Despite holding some reservations about the Anglia’s gear ratios, the magazine praised the transmission as “one of the best yet developed in a car in this class and shifts smoothly, engages precisely and is fast either up or down”. The Anglia may be long gone, but more than 2,000 examples of all shapes survive on the roads today and, thanks in part to Harry Potter, it will never be forgotten. 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. The Ford Anglia made the Muggle news when, in 2005, the press reported that the car had been stolen from a film studio and found in a ruined castle in Cornwall. In fact, the car reported stolen was just one of many prop cars used in the making of the film. 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.