Aston Martin DB5
1963 - 1965

The Aston Martin DB5 was released in 1963 to replace the sometimes troublesome, Touring-styled DB4 model that began in 1958. The most famous car from Aston Martin, through the model's appearance in the James Bond film Goldfinger. The DB5 was double the price of the Jaguar E-Type.

The DB5 was an near identical evolution of the DB4 Series 5 Vantage. The model introduced the 4.0L six-cylinder engine, to replace the 3.7L unit, and had the option of the 5-speed transmission.

The majority of the 1018 DB5's sold in its two years available, were of the beautiful coupe bodystyle, with the DB5 also being available in the Volante convertible style, and the rare shooting-brake estate, 12 of which were made. A Vantage model was offered, where the engines were tuned, 65 of which were made

Aston Martin DB5

DB5 Coupé DB5 Volante (Convertible) DB5 Vantage DB5 Shooting Brake (Estate)

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DB5 Coupé	DB5 Coupé
DB5 Coupé	DB5 Coupé
DB5 Volante	DB5 Vantage
DB5 Shooting Brake	DB5 Interior

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Engine: 3995cc twin-camshaft straight six-cylinder engine

Transmission: 4-speed/ 5-speed ZF manual , 3-speed automatic gearbox

Power: Standard: 210kW @ 5500rpm, Vantage: 234kW

Acceleration: 0-96km/h- 7.1 sec

Max. Speed: Standard: 225km/h , Vantage: 241km/h

Fuel Consumption: 17.3mpg

Chassis: Body of light alloy construction around a small diameter multi-tubular framework, the hole mounted on a platform chassis.

Length: 4567mm

Width: 1689mm

Wheels: 15-inch wire wheels

Brakes: Discs all round

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James Bond

The silver birch Aston Martin DB5 is the most famous of all the James Bond cars. It is seen in Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), Goldeneye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), and only a keen eye could see it in The World Is Not Enough (1999). In the Connery films, it was used as a Q-Branch car, filled with all the extras, but in the later Brosnan & Craig films, it appears to be Bond's private vehicle.
The number plate of the vehicles used was BMT 216A (Connery) and BMT 214A (Brosnan)

Extra Equipment from Connery films

Rotating number plates: (BMT 216A - UK, 4711-EA-62 - France and LU 6789 - Switzerland)
Front firing, 2 shortbarrelled , 0.30 calibre Browning machine guns behind front parking lights.
Smoke-screen unit released through the exhaust pipes.
Oil slick ejecting device behind near side tail-light.
Pointed 'Commando Spikes' (calthrops) behind offside tail-light.
Hydraulic bullet-proof steel plate covering rear window.
Bullet-proof windows.
Radar scanner in racing type wing mirror, tracking screen in the cockpit
Extendable front and rear over-riders for close combat.
Retractable tyre cutters in the wheels.
Passenger ejector seat where the roof panel is let go before the seat is fired.
Radio telephone housed in driver's door panel.
Water cannon.
Armaments tray under front driver seat.

Extra Equipment from Brosnan films

The gearbox case contains glass and a chilled bottle of Champagne - Bollinger 1988.
Phototransmitter/Printer connected to a pair of binoculars.

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