The V12 Vanquish was the star of one of Bond’s most iconic car chases, and is famously the Aston Martin that could turn invisible through adaptive camouflage. Pierce Brosnan’s run as James Bond featured a variety of Aston Martins, including the V12 Vanquish that appeared in 2002's Die Another Day. It then 'becomes' the V8 when Q 'winterises' the car, notably making it a hardtop, meaning Bond technically drives two different models in this film. The choice to pair Bond with the winter-spec Aston Martin V8 led to a thrilling chase sequence as 007 powered through the mountains on the run from the KGB and local police to create a thrilling chase sequence.īond’s machine is first introduced as the V8 Volante convertible, and the Aston Martin in the scene belonged to then Aston Martin Lagonda Chairman Victor Gauntlett. Hailed as Britain’s first supercar, boosted by a Ferrari Daytona-beating 0-60mph time, the V8 was the ideal Bond car, fitted with missiles, lasers, a futuristic heads-up display, and rockets. Starring in 1987's The Living Daylights, Timothy Dalton’s James Bond was the man behind the wheel. Aston Martin V8 and VolanteĪfter nearly two decades, the Aston Martin V8 was the car that reignited the pairing of Bond and Aston Martin. While it was never to be a Bond car again, it did make a very brief cameo in 1971's Diamonds are Forever, where the eagle-eyed fan can see it in the background at the Q Branch workshop undergoing alterations. The car was draped in flowers for 007's wedding to Tracy, who is tragically killed later in the film.
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The DBS did not play the typical role of a Bond car, going wheel-to-wheel in chases fitted with the latest gadgets, but it did play a key part in the reviving a cornerstone of the spy series legacy. In the real world, the DBS was the successor to the DB6, taking on more modern styling including a fastback style rear and a more muscular front design that was a new direction from the more traditional 'DB' series of Aston Martins. Like actor George Lazenby, this incarnation of the Aston Martin DBS starred in just one Bond film: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969). The DB5 has also featured in Thunderball, GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, Casino Royale, Skyfall and Spectre, with No Time to Die becoming its eighth Bond film appearance. Featuring an all-aluminium, six-cylinder engine producing 282bhp, the DB5 could hit 145mph.įeaturing famous gadgets such as machine guns, an ejector seat and revolving licence plates, the DB5 became synonymous with Bond. The luxury tourer was advanced for its time, even without Bond gadgets. But when it came to the film version of Goldfinger (1964), it was time to use a more contemporary machine. In the novels, first released in the early 1950s, Bond drove the Aston Martin DB Mark III.
007 and Aston Martin have been entwined ever since. While Bentley may have been the first car driven by James Bond in the novels, Fleming introduced the Aston Martin DB3 in Goldfinger following a suggestion from a fan.
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