Aston Martin back to making DB5 Goldfinger, the iconic James Bond car

The DB5 Goldfinger Continuation will have gadgets like the hidden weapons storage tray and simulated twin front machine guns, as was seen in the 1964
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Aston Martin Resumes DB5 Production with Goldfinger Continuation Cars. 55 years after the last new DB5 rolled elegantly off the production line.
Aston Martin Resumes DB5 Production with Goldfinger Continuation Cars. 55 years after the last new DB5 rolled elegantly off the production line.

It is dubbed as 'the most famous car in the world' and is renowned as the most desirable and sought-after classic Aston Martin models. The DB5 has become a byword for timeless style and sports car desirability. Fewer than 900 saloon examples were built by the brand between 1963 and 1965, with by far the most famous of the original owners being the world’s best-known secret agent – James Bond – who first drove the car that is today linked with him in the 1964 film,Goldfinger.

55 years after the last DB5 rolled off the production line at Aston Martin’s former global manufacturing base in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, work is once again under way to produce new DB5 models. Created in association with the producers of the James Bond films, EON Productions, and featuring a broad suite of working gadgets first seen on screen in the 1964 film, the Aston Martin DB5GoldfingerContinuation cars are history in the making.

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The latest in Aston Martin’s phenomenally successful Continuation car programme which began in 2017 with the DB4 GT Continuation the new DB5 models represent among the most valuable new cars yet brought to market by the British luxury brand. EachDB5Goldfingercontinuation car is priced at £2.75m (around 25.5 crore), plus taxes.

(Also see pics: History in making: Iconic James Bond car Aston Martin DB5's production underway)

The production of the DB5GoldfingerContinuation will take around 4,500 hours per car. Each of the 25 new cars is being built to the highest possible quality using a blend of Sir David Brown-era old world craftsmanship, with the sympathetic application of modern engineering advancements and performance enhancements, alongside the integration of cutting-edge gadgets developed in association with Chris Corbould OBE, the special effects supervisor who has worked on more than a dozen Bond films.

Each DB5 Goldfinger Continuation will take a production time of around 4,500 hours.
Each DB5 Goldfinger Continuation will take a production time of around 4,500 hours.


The list of Bond-inspired gadgets that will be included in these cars are a rear smoke screen delivery system, rear simulated oil slick delivery system, a revolving number plates front and rear (triple plates), simulated twin front machine guns, bullet resistant rear shield, battering rams front and rear, simulated tyre slasher, removable passenger seat roof panel (optional equipment).

On the inside, the car will have more similarities to the classic 1964 big screen hit car. The features will include a simulated radar screen tracker map, a telephone in driver’s door, a gear knob actuator button, an armrest and centre console-mounted switchgear, an under-seat hidden weapons/storage tray and a remote control for gadget activation.

All the new cars are meticulously detailed authentic reproductions of the DB5 seen on screen, with some sympathetic modifications and enhancements to ensure the highest levels of build quality and reliability. All theDB5GoldfingerContinuation cars are being built to one exterior colour specification – Silver Birch paint – just like the original.

The cars feature original DB5 styled aluminium exterior body panels wrapped elegantly around an authentic DB5 mild steel chassis structure. Under the bonnet there’s a 4.0-litre naturally aspirated inline six-cylinder engine with a six-plug head, three SU carburettors and oil cooler, that’s capable of generating in the order of 290 bhp. This is mated to a five-speed ZF manual transmission in the rear-wheel drive DB5, which also features a mechanical limited slip differential.

A host of Bond-inspired gadgets, that was part of the 1964 big screen hit, will be retro-fitted in the new DB5 Goldfinger Continuation.
A host of Bond-inspired gadgets, that was part of the 1964 big screen hit, will be retro-fitted in the new DB5 Goldfinger Continuation.


Servo-assisted hydraulic Girling-type steel disc brakes, rack and pinion steering – which does not feature assistance – and a suspension set-up comprising coil over spring and damper units with anti-roll bar at the front, and a live axle rear suspension with radius arms and Watt’s linkage, complete the dynamic package.

Heritage Programme Manager Clive Wilson is one of those most closely involved in the process of bringing the new DB5GoldfingerContinuation car into production. He said, "Seeing the first customer car move painstakingly through the intricate production process we have created really is quite a thrill. Obviously we have not, as a business, made a new DB5 for more than 50 years, so to be involved in the building of these cars, which will go on to form part of Aston Martin’s history, is something I’m sure all of us will be telling our grandkids about!"

Paul Spires, President of Aston Martin Works where the original DB5 was built and the new cars are also being created, said, "We are making, perhaps, some of the most desirable 'toys' ever built for 25 very lucky buyers worldwide. Creating the DB5GoldfingerContinuation cars and working with EON Productions and special effects supervisor, Chris Corbould, is something truly unique and a real career highlight for everyone involved here at Aston Martin Works."

First deliveries of the DB5 Goldfinger Continuation to customers will commence in the second half of 2020.

First Published Date: 28 May 2020, 09:10 AM IST
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