RE: James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 | Driven

[budding911man]

I like your logic (sorry Peter Griffin's logic) - thats the way to do it

[mhurley]

budding911man said:

Very confusing. Sadly John Stears is no longer with us (and he did create all the gadgets you mention above on the first studio car, including cutting the hole in the roof personally) to verify any of this and I wouldn't want to guess what was what. However Dave Worrell's book "The Most Famous Car in the World" explains much of it. I still have my signed copy of this book by Dave - and it is a good read for Aston and movie enthusiasts alike - I recommend picking up a copy for a read through - its all in there, the detail that is. Fhttps://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/yn4AAOSwPGBd179~/s-l1600.jpg

I was always a fan of the Bond Esprit too (now owned by Elon Musk), and I agree the DB is bit overused in the Bond Franchise (it suited the '60s movies but not the modern-day IMO) but definitely has a certain something, and its nice to see British Cars in the films (I actually quite like the BMW marque - but not when they started using it as 007's car for a bit - that was just wrong). However I take the point that a real secret agent would drive something quite a bit more understated than the above - true that in real life, but not in Ian Flemming's world.

Edited by budding911man on Monday 24th February 15:12

I have Worall's book in paperback. Very informative

Edited by mhurley on Monday 24th February 19:47

[Straff99]

God Almighty...

1) It's fictional entertainment
2) Aston Martin is arguably the quintessential British sports car and so is the main character called James Bond
3) James Bond isn't a real person
4) The film will make hundreds of millions at the box office - they know what they're doing; chances are, you don't
5) If you don't like this film, wait for the next

Get over yourselves!