October 27th, 2009
The James Bond Aston Martin DB5 displayed at a car show
Few cars get close to the style and class of an Aston Martin, but thanks to its appearance in Goldfinger the DB5 has been elevated to mythical status.
The standard DB5 coupe came with a 3,995 cc straight-6 engine with a top speed of 145 [...]
James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5
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October 8th, 2009
Although the film series has inextricably linked 007 with Aston Martin, in Ian Fleming’s books James Bond’s personal car was always a Bentley, one of three mentioned in the book series.
While a Bentley did make its way into the films – a 1939 4-litre Bentley Vanden Plas Tourer is seen at the beginning of From [...]
James Bond cars: Bentley
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June 9th, 2009
The Aston Martin V8 Volante from The Living Daylights was one of the big draws to the Barcelona Classic Car Show last weekend. Surprisingly, the car has a Barcelona registration plate, but it is the same car I’ve seen before, with modifications to take the Q supplied outriders welded underneath.
Aston Martin V8 Volante at Barcelona Classic Car Show
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February 22nd, 2007
Despite the occasional change of loyalty to Lotus or BMW – and you can always argue that as those cars were supplied by Q-branch that they don’t represent a change of loyalty at all on the part of 007 – Bond has stuck with Aston Martin for a large part of his celluloid career.
Aston Martin Cars
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January 9th, 2007
Although Bond has no direct links with Barcelona, the 2003 car show did have an extra attraction for Bond fans – a display of cars and other vehicles from all the James Bond films. The car show was held at the Fira de Barcelona Barcelona’s exhibition and conference halls
James Bond cars: Barcelona car show
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