The cars that Bond drove - Motoring
Cars, guns and beautiful women (not necessarily in that order) have been intrinsic to the success of a cinematic franchise that has been with us since 1962. The chisel-chinned actors who played James Bond actors have changed on several occasions,... News broke recently that Bond in the soon-to-debut film Spectre will be driving an Aston so special it hasn't even entered production yet. Neither of them though is likely to match the long-term mystique of Bond's first Aston Martin, the DB5 that is and has remained for 50 years. This is the car that people who have never even seen a James Bond film can recognise. After retiring, Bond's DB5 should have spent its declining years in a warm, dry corner of Q's development lab, but lookalikes have continued to make cameo appearances in a range of Bond adventures. The DB5 made its Bond debut in 1964 as the undisputed 'star' of Goldfinger. They had wanted to see Bond at the wheel of an E-Type but Jaguar wasn't interested in giving away cars for which they already had. Source: www.motoring.com.au
