![]() This was the standard build for Bond’s DB5. It also boasted an infamous ejection seat, used to rid Bond of an unwelcome goon. In Goldfinger, the DB5 emerged from Q’s lab equipped with rotating license plates, oil slicks, smoke screens, an extendable rear bulletproof shield, left and right forward machine guns, extendable tire slashers, and a GPS-like navigation system able to follow tracking devices attached to other cars. “People see that and it becomes part of the story, that this vehicle is a reliable tool for James Bond to do his job.”Ĭlever gadgetry expanded the vehicle’s reliability beyond its driving prowess. “The original DB5 had to be able to properly drive through corners a Ferrari in the Alps,” Reichman says. The DB5 was essentially a stunt vehicle before it arrived on the Bond set. When Aston released the DB5 in 1963, the company was highly successful in sports car racing, including a 1959 victory with the DB1 at Le Mans. ![]() The car fits the franchise’s timeless aesthetic, Reichman argues, but it also carried practical traits that went beyond style. The DB5 debuted in Goldfinger and has since made appearances in Thunderball (1965), GoldenEye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World is Not Enough (1999), Casino Royale (2006), SkyFall (2012), Spectre (2015), and No Time to Die. ![]() In 2006, the DB5 supported Daniel Craig’s Bond debut in Casino Royale.
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