Aston Martin DB5 And James Bond: Perfect Unition In The Spy World

Aston Martin DB5 1964 belongs to Sean Connery. (Doc. Jamesbondlifestyle)

JAKARTA - Aston Martin DB5 is one of the most iconic cars in automotive history and has become the dream of many people at that time.

This car appears in various films and TV shows, but the most famous role is in the James Bond franchise. In total, this car appeared in eight 007 films.

Well, even though Bond characters have been played by a number of actors by driving many different cars from BMW, Bentley, Chevrolet, and Ford. But Aston Martin DB5 1964 is still the most famous " Bond car".

The grand tourer (GT) was first used in the film James Bond, Goldfinger, which was released in 1964. The one who played agent for 007 at that time was Sean Connery.

Aston Martin DB5 is a 1963 output and evolution of the final DB4 series. The DB series is a tribute to David Brown (Head of Aston Martin 1947-1972).

Aston Martin DB5 has many similarities with DB4. However, the most substantial change of DB5 occurred under the engine hood.

All machines used by DB5 are made of aluminum. Meanwhile, DB4 is made of metal. The capacity of the DB5 kitchen runway was increased from 3.7 liters on DB4 to 4.0 liters. The transmission uses five accelerations and is able to produce 285 cellphones and a maximum speed of 233 km/hour.

Aston Martin DB5 High Price

Aston Martin only produces less than 1,100 DB5 models, making the model a rare and searched vehicle.

Not only close in the film, the late Sean Connery, turned out to have one unit of this car until the end of his life in 2020.

"Father likes DB5 and often talks about it, I think it does represent something unique in his unique life while capturing the moment in time," said Jason Connery, son of Sean Connery in a statement quoted by CNBC International, June 2022.

In August 2022, Sean Connery's 1964 DB5 car was sold in an auction for $2.4 million during Monterey Car Week. The money from the auction was given to Sean Connery Philanthropy Fund, according to Broad Arrow Auctions.

The 1964 homemade car is in a very prime condition because it has been restored, so it looks like a new car. At first, the snow shadow gray car was used by its first owner in England.

Then, Sean Connery bought it in 2018 and took the car to Switzerland as well as changed the color from black to snow shadow gray so that it could be similar to the car used in filming films.

Previously, the Sotheby's auction body in 2019 said Aston Martin DB5 used in the 1965 Bond Thunderball - equipped with a caliber machine gun, 30 Browning on its spatbor sold for a higher price of 6.4 million US dollars.