Dubbed 'the most famous car in the world' and renowned as being among 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 inextricably linked with him in the 1964 film, Goldfinger.
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 DB5 Goldfinger Continuation cars are history in the making.
The latest in Aston Martin's phenomenally successful Continuation car programme that 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. Each DB5 Goldfinger continuation car is priced at $4.78 million plus taxes. The meticulous DB5 Goldfinger Continuation construction process - which takes around 4,500 hours per car - is being undertaken at Aston Martin's globally renowned Heritage Division headquarters in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire. Now the largest, best equipped and most knowledgeable Aston Martin restoration centre in the world, the invaluable and highly specialist skills nurtured at Aston Martin Works are perfectly suited to the brand's celebrated Continuation projects.
The list of Bond-inspired gadgets includes the following features, all familiar to viewers of the classic 1964 big screen hit. The exterior features include rear smoke screen delivery system, rear simulated oil slick delivery system, triple revolving number plates in the front and rear, simulated twin front machine guns, bullet resistant rear shield, battering rams front and rear, simulated tyre slasher and an optional removable passenger seat roof panel. The interior includes a simulated radar screen tracker map, telephone in driver's door, gear knob actuator button, armrest and centre console-mounted switchgear, an under-seat hidden weapons or storage tray and a remote control for gadget activation
All the DB5 Goldfinger Continuation 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 290bhp. This is mated to a five-speed ZF manual transmission in the rear-wheel drive DB5, which also features a mechanical limited slip differential. 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. First deliveries of the DB5 Goldfinger Continuation to customers will commence in the second half of 2020.
