The most famous and most recognized cinematic James Bond car…The Aston Martin DB5!

Now let’s see how this car made History and is at the Top of the News Today.

The legendary 1964 DB5 model was produced between 1963 and 1965 with a total of 983 units sold. David Brown, rich industrialist, owned Aston Martin from 1947 to 1972 and is the one who designed the DB5 (which hold his initials). It has been featured in several films, most notably Goldfinger, Thunderball, GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, and Casino Royale…With additional gadgets of course.

Three variants of the DB5 exist:

• The high-performance DB5 Vantage (65)

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The DB5 convertible (123 built)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The very unusual DB5 shooting brake (very few were built because of a design flaw on the rear suspensions)

 

 

 

 

 

Let’s drive back now to today’s time…

The specially modified 1964 Aston Martin DB5 model which was driven by super agent 007 (aka: “Bond…James Bond”) has been sold in auction for a majestic £2.6m (Roughly €3m)! In 1970 it was sold £5,000 and $2.09m in 2006.

Let’s just hope for the new owner, Harry Yeaggy, a Cincinnati banker, that the value of his James Bond’s gadget-packed 1964 Aston Martin DB5 will keep the same course.

Simon Yamaguchi