2008 Aston Martin DBS co-stars in newest Bond flick
The latest James Bond movie, Casino Royale, is set to open this week with Daniel Craig portraying the suave British spy for the first time. Of course what would a Bond movie be without a bevy of Bond girls? For Casino Royale, sexy French actress Eva Green is Vesper Lynd and sultry Italian Caterina Murino is Solange. But one other “co-star” is just as sexy and head-turning – the 2008 Aston Martin DBS. With stunts such as doing seven consecutive cannon rolls, the Aston Martin DBS is set to wow audiences in the film.
The Aston Martin DBS is only the latest car to be the Bond-mobile.Ever since the very first 007 movie (Dr. No, 1962, starring Sean Connery), the cars are as memorable as the Bond girls - from the Sunbeam Alpine in Dr. No to the stunning Aston Martin V12 Vanquish in Die Another Day that features invisibility cloaking device and an artillery of guns and missile launchers popping out from nowhere. ForbesAutos.com recently released a list of the top ten Bond-mobiles. It’s a veritable wish list of some of the best sports cars ever.
The Aston Martin DBS is only the latest car to be the Bond-mobile.Ever since the very first 007 movie (Dr. No, 1962, starring Sean Connery), the cars are as memorable as the Bond girls - from the Sunbeam Alpine in Dr. No to the stunning Aston Martin V12 Vanquish in Die Another Day that features invisibility cloaking device and an artillery of guns and missile launchers popping out from nowhere. ForbesAutos.com recently released a list of the top ten Bond-mobiles. It’s a veritable wish list of some of the best sports cars ever.
• Goldfinger (1964, Sean Connery) — $437.6 million*
• Thunderball (1965, Sean Connery) — $387.9 million*
In its Goldfinger debut, Bond’s Silver Birch DB5 outmaneuvers a deadly Mercedes-Benz posse, only to crash into a brick wall. It gets another brief star turn in Thunderball’s opening sequence. During this chase scene, where it is used as a getaway vehicle, two pipes emerge from under the bumper and shoot a torrent of water on Bond’s pursuers.
Frequently referred to as the most famous Bond car of all, the DB5 is an icon of British automotive elegance. Its recessed headlights were modern for the time, lending a streamlined look that set the DB5 apart from its contemporaries. And its lines are timeless, from the slight forward-to-back sloping bodyline to the plunging roof offset by slender, vertical, taillamp housings.
Aston Martin DB5
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Stacked in a row of three, its protruding taillights are perfect for Q’s gadgets. To thwart pursuers, a taillight on one side of the car gushes oil to make the road slick, while the other side spews triple-spiked nails.
The DB5 also gets to show off in the opening chase of GoldenEye and appears briefly in Tomorrow Never Dies. However, it is not considered the main star car in these films.
The Gadgets:• Ejector seat to catapult unwelcome passengers• Two .30-caliber Browning machine guns• Radar• Tracking screen• Ramming bumpers that extend electronically• Tire slashers, which telescope out from the wheel hubs• Retractable bulletproof shields in front and rear• An exhaust that expels smoke-screen canisters• Taillight on one side of the car that gushes oil• Taillight on other side that spews three-pointed nails
Aston Martin DB5
+ enlarge image view slideshow >• Front and rear lights that change in type and color to confuse nighttime pursuers• Revolving license plate (supposedly for every country, although in reality it accommodated only three — Great Britain, France, Switzerland)• Concealed armaments compartment under driver’s seat for handguns and knives• Telephone hidden in driver’s side door (added to display model used for Bond film promotions)• Water cannons (added for Thunderball)• Fax machine (added for GoldenEye)• Cellular voice-mail capabilities (added for GoldenEye)• Refrigerated glove compartment to store a bottle of Bollinger, Bond’s preferred champagne (added for GoldenEye)
• Thunderball (1965, Sean Connery) — $387.9 million*
In its Goldfinger debut, Bond’s Silver Birch DB5 outmaneuvers a deadly Mercedes-Benz posse, only to crash into a brick wall. It gets another brief star turn in Thunderball’s opening sequence. During this chase scene, where it is used as a getaway vehicle, two pipes emerge from under the bumper and shoot a torrent of water on Bond’s pursuers.
Frequently referred to as the most famous Bond car of all, the DB5 is an icon of British automotive elegance. Its recessed headlights were modern for the time, lending a streamlined look that set the DB5 apart from its contemporaries. And its lines are timeless, from the slight forward-to-back sloping bodyline to the plunging roof offset by slender, vertical, taillamp housings.
Aston Martin DB5
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Stacked in a row of three, its protruding taillights are perfect for Q’s gadgets. To thwart pursuers, a taillight on one side of the car gushes oil to make the road slick, while the other side spews triple-spiked nails.
The DB5 also gets to show off in the opening chase of GoldenEye and appears briefly in Tomorrow Never Dies. However, it is not considered the main star car in these films.
The Gadgets:• Ejector seat to catapult unwelcome passengers• Two .30-caliber Browning machine guns• Radar• Tracking screen• Ramming bumpers that extend electronically• Tire slashers, which telescope out from the wheel hubs• Retractable bulletproof shields in front and rear• An exhaust that expels smoke-screen canisters• Taillight on one side of the car that gushes oil• Taillight on other side that spews three-pointed nails
Aston Martin DB5
+ enlarge image view slideshow >• Front and rear lights that change in type and color to confuse nighttime pursuers• Revolving license plate (supposedly for every country, although in reality it accommodated only three — Great Britain, France, Switzerland)• Concealed armaments compartment under driver’s seat for handguns and knives• Telephone hidden in driver’s side door (added to display model used for Bond film promotions)• Water cannons (added for Thunderball)• Fax machine (added for GoldenEye)• Cellular voice-mail capabilities (added for GoldenEye)• Refrigerated glove compartment to store a bottle of Bollinger, Bond’s preferred champagne (added for GoldenEye)
1 comments:
Aston Martin is the most commonly used car brand in bond films, If my memory serves me tight is used for 4 times, forgot the titles though. I think Aston Martin is the the real car for 007. click to read the related article
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