James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 is arguably Hollywood’s most iconic movie car
Aston Martin decided to remake 25 continuation models replicating the car that Sean Connery drove in the 1964 film Goldfinger. Last August, Aston Martin announced it would be recreating the world’s most famous DB5 in limited quantities for the most diehard of 007 fans. The price was set at a cool $3.5 million each and, now, production has commenced.
They’re fully functioning, completely running vehicles based on the original model from 1964. Goldfinger DB5 edition car is painted in Silver Birch, the original car’s color. But furthermore, they also come with all the gadgets that the Q branch added to the car for Bond to use. BUT these special edition cars are not road legal.
There’s no twin-turbo V-8 from the Vantage to ruin the authenticity of the DB5, either. Rather, Aston dusted off its blueprints from 1964 to remanufacture the DB5’s 282-horsepower, 4.0-liter straight-six, though we’d guess it’s been slightly updated to meet the improved manufacturing standards of today.
Aston Martin plans to begin deliveries of the DB5s beginning in 2020.
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