Aston Martin

MI6 reports that Daniel Craig was spotted last night behind the wheel of an Aston Martin DB5 while shooting on location at an industrial estate in Lewisham. The report notes: Shot at night, the scene is reminiscent of “Goldfinger”, with Bond driving the DB5 down narrow streets, zipping past warehouses and ducking under the arches [...]

Info on the cars that appear in Skyfall, the 23rd James Bond movie staring Daniel Craig as 007.

A deal struck between MGM and Sony will see a third of the budget for Bond 23 to come from product placement deals, some $45 million according to The Australian. Of course, the James Bond films are no stranger to such deals, which in the past have included BMW, Brioni and Omega and a deal [...]

The Aston Martin DB5 driven by James Bond – Sean Connery – in Goldfinger and Thunderball to make only U.S. appearance in advance of its October auction sale.

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 [...]

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.

There must have been some red faces at Aston Martin following an incident when one of their drivers crashed off the road in a DBS on the morning of April 19th while driving in heavy rain. [youtube GiuDk0lzMlU] The car, one of five involved in shooting at Lake Garda in Italy, plunged into 50 metres [...]