Mr. Bond, Your New Car Is Here: MotorTrend Takes The 2019 DBS Superleggera For A Spin
This looks like fun.
Sticking with the spy theme, MotorTrend, July 31:
2019 Aston Martin DBS Superleggera First Drive: Glorious. Glorious. Glorious.
The Aston We’ve Been Waiting 104 Years For
At $370k, top speed 218 mph, it says 007.
However...this assumption may have been in error.
Now we see, at Maxim:
Aston Martin Is Remaking James Bond's Iconic 'Goldfinger' DB5, Spy Gadgets Included
It will cost you a cool $3.5 million.
The reason the 1964 Aston Martin DB5 struck a chord with fans of its appearance in the James Bond film Goldfinger wasn't just the car's sexy lines or its track-bred performance.
No, the real clincher that captured the imagination and put fans behind the wheel of the classic Aston was the array of spy gadgets installed in the car.
The control console in the original James Bond movie car shows all of the car's features.
And now, after more than half a century of waiting, Aston Martin will actually build you a new 1964 DB5 equipped with the film prop gadgets of Bond's ride. The price tag on the 25 Goldfinger continuation edition DB5s is $3.5 million.Aston will build two more cars that won't be offered for sale. They are keeping one and giving the other one to EON productions, the film company that makes Bond movies.The Goldfinger DB5 continuation will be built by Aston Martin Works at Newport Pagnell — the original home of the DB5. They will be authentic reproductions of the DB5 seen on screen, with some modern upgrades to build quality and reliability. And maybe gadget labels that aren't made with vinyl label tape.Aston says that the rotating license plate ("No officer, it was a different Silver Birch DB5 you saw. Clearly, this one has a different license plate than you remember.") will be functional, but they haven't clarified which of the other features will work as shown in the films.
For example, maybe there is a way to make Bond's antique, pre-GPS navigation system actually work now. And it seems possible that a smoke machine is doable, even if the ejector seat and machine guns seem out of the question....MUCH MORE
