Yes, you can own new Aston Martin DB5 ... as James Bond car goes back into production
The 25 limited-edition sports cars – each priced at US$3.5 million – will feature enough working gadgets to make any British secret agent happy
British carmaker Aston Martin is recreating the legendary DB5 first driven by secret agent James Bond in the 1964 film Goldfinger and – most recently – Skyfall (2012).
A collectible for true 007 fans, the 25 limited edition vehicles will each be priced at £2.75 million (US$3.5 million) plus taxes and feature enough working gadgets to make the film’s gadget creator, Q, proud, the company says.
The espionage modifications will be co-developed by Academy Award-winner Chris Corbould, special effects supervisor on eight previous Bond films.
So far, rotating number plates have been announced, with more to come.
However, it is safe to predict that a working ejector seat is not on the blueprints.
Based on the 1964 model used in Goldfinger and driven on-screen in that film by actor Sean Connery – and by the current James Bond, Daniel Craig, in Skyfall – the cars are a collaboration between the marque and EON Productions, the company behind the Bond film franchise.
The vehicles will be built at Aston Martin Works in England’s Newport Pagnell.