RM Auctions auctioned one of only two - and only known remaining - original 007 Aston Martin DB5 movie car for £2.6 million ($4 million or €3 million) at its October 27, 2010 'Automobiles of London' auction at Battersea Evolution, London, UK.The car was bought by business man Harry Yeaggy who will put the car in his private car museum.The auction sale includes a special Dormeiul 'Vanquish
The new book James Bond's DB5 by Simon Hugo and Will Lawrence contains the complete history of Aston Martin in the Bond movies. In Ian Fleming's original James Bond novels, 007 drove Bentleys until he was outfitted with an Aston Martin in Goldfinger.
In 1964, James Bond, then played by Sean Connery was introduced to his silver Aston Martin DB5 in the film Goldfinger.The DB5 caused a tremendous amount of talk, not only because of its timeless beauty but also because of those tempting gadgets that were fitted to it: oil spray, bullet proof shield, radar screen, revolving number plates, gun tray under driver's seat, tire slashers and of course th The James Bond film, Goldfinger in 1964, is where the screen romance between 007 (James Bond) and the Silver Birch Aston Martin DB5 began. The author Ian Fleming had written in his best-selling book of 1959 that the debonair British spy drove an Aston Martin DB3 through Europe on the scent of arch-villain Auric Goldfinger. The Aston Martin DB5 became widely known after special effects expert John Stears modified a DB5 for use by James Bond in the 1964 film Goldfinger. Author Ian Fleming had placed Bond in a DB Mark III in the novel , but Stears persuaded the company to make its DB5 prototype available.
While the DB series had established Aston Martin as an iconic marque, it was the introduction of the Aston Martin DB5 that would forever change the brand’s association with popular culture. In 1964, the DB5 made its silver screen debut in the James Bond film “Goldfinger.” 007 – the suave secret agent, played by Sean Connery, instantly
The limited-edition DB5s - built by hand by the team at Aston Martin Works - sold out quickly, with buyers paying £3.3m ($4.6m) each for a Goldfinger Continuation model with revolving license plates, battering rams, bullet resistant rear shields, and much more. The original DB5 from Goldfinger, valued at $25m, was stolen from a Florida airport
In the James Bond universe, being blown up does not mean the end for 007's beloved vehicles. In Skyfall, Daniel Craig's DB5 is shot and blown up. But later, in the Spectre film, Q-branch has fully repaired the vehicle. The Aston Martin V8 was spied on the set of No Time To Die.
Minus all the gadgets, a standard 1964 DB5 could go from zero to 60 miles per hour in about 7.1 seconds. After production of the two Bond films was completed, the car was returned to Aston Martin. LTVxORp.
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