Aston Martin DB5

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James Bond's DB5

The DB5 used in the film, Goldfinger, is perhaps the most famous Aston Martin car of all time. Although Ian Fleming had placed Bond in a DB Mark III in the book, the DB5 was the company's newest model when the film was being made.

Related Topics:
Goldfinger - Ian Fleming - DB Mark III

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The car used in the film was the original DB5 prototype, with another standard car used for stunts. Two more modified cars were built for publicity tours after the film's release. Three different DB5s were used in 1995's GoldenEye.

Related Topics:
1995 - GoldenEye

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The film car featured a number of "optional extras", as Bond tells us:

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• Front firing Browning .30 calibre machine guns behind the front indicators
• Retractable blades in the tire spinners
• Rising bullet-proof rear screen
• Radio telephone
• Radar scanner and tracking screen
• Passenger ejector seat
• Oil slick spray from rear light cluster
• Caltrops from rear light cluster
• Smoke screen from exhaust pipes
• Revolving number plates — "BMT 216A" UK, "4711-EA-62" France, and "LU 6789" Switzerland
• Front and rear extending rams
• Gun cabinet under driver's seat
• Bullet-proof windshield and rear windscreen

A jet pack and rear water cannon was added for Thunderball.

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