James Bond first drove the Aston Martin DB5 in Goldfinger (1964). It came fully loaded with machine guns, tire slashers, oil jets, rotating license plate, and ejector seat. Beyond capturing the public’s imagination, the car also inspired actual spy agencies to develop similar features.

Originally produced from 1963 to 1965, the DB5 was an evolution of the final series of DB4. The "DB" designation is from the initials of David Brown who built up the company from 1947 onwards. The DB5 is best-known for its role in the James Bond films. It was first driven by the fictional spy in the film Goldfinger (1964). [6] .

The eight-part series invites listeners on a mission to locate the stolen DB5, with a reward of $100,000 should the car be successfully found. To mark the 25th year of the Goldfinger DB5's disappearance, SPYSCAPE takes a drive down memory lane, unveiling the secrets of Bond’s most iconic Aston Martin DB5s.

2021年10月8日 · In James Bond’s latest outing, No Time to Die, the spy’s iconic Aston Martin DB5 emerges from the mangled wreckage of its destruction in 2012’s Skyfall to resume its rightful place as Bond...

2024年10月8日 · Bond cars are as recognisable and iconic as the actors who have played the famous spy. The car brand most synonymous with Bond is Aston Martin, and there can surely be no Aston Martin more iconic than the DB5. Aston Martin DB5s have appeared in Bond films from as early as the Sean Connery era to the most recent actor to play Bond, Daniel Craig.

The 1963 Aston Martin was fitted with a dashboard GPS with a mapping system that tracked a homing device in Goldfinger’s Rolls Royce - operating at a range of 150 miles. The DB5’s armrest acted as the control center for an impressive set of defense weapons to defeat enemy agents - a smokescreen, an oil slick sprayer, tire slashers, a nail ...

According to Christopher A Marinello of Art Recovery International, the VIN number of a recently spotted Aston Martin DB5 is said to match the missing Bond car, and it is now believed that the car belongs to a private car collection somewhere in the Middle East.

2023年4月26日 · Aston Martin launched the DB5 at the 1963 Frankfurt Motor Show and the classic coupé was displayed at the Earl’s Court show on 6 November with an impressive marketing spiel that outlined its 4.0-litre engine, developed by Tadek Marek, giving 282bhp at 5,5000 rpm (and 314 bhp at 5,750 rpm in GT form).

The SPYSCAPE Aston Martin Chassis no. DB5/1885/R - known on set as the ‘hero’ car - is the DB5 piloted by Brosnan in the iconic mountainside duel with a Ferrari F355. Two other DB5 'stunt cars' also raced around the hills above Monte Carlo (DB5/1484/R and DB5/1885/R).

2021年1月13日 · Namely the legendary Aston Martin DB5. Yes, James Bond’s vehicle of choice for, quite literally, decades. We were looking through the history of the car and the relationship our favourite spy has with it, and we realised that the car has been in far more Bond movies than some of the actors who played him!