NTTD DB5 Car & Driver Article
Visceral007
PA, United StatesPosts: 14MI6 Agent
For those of you who love cars and Bond as much as I do.
What particularly interested me is it appears the NTTD stunt cars are powered by BMW S54 straight 6's. (The same engine as my 2004 M3 -{ )
Some great photos of the car included in the article as well.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...ovie-revealed/
What particularly interested me is it appears the NTTD stunt cars are powered by BMW S54 straight 6's. (The same engine as my 2004 M3 -{ )
Some great photos of the car included in the article as well.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...ovie-revealed/
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Well Daniel Craig was overheard telling Prince Charles that the DB5 was a BMW underneath all those months ago when he did the set tour, and a BM 6-cylinder is a very logical engine for a stunt car: very torquey and revvy- ideal to get the wheels spinning. Those DB5s are likely built on 3 series or Z4 running gear, I'd guess.
I'm not sure why they're not keen to say: maybe because the deal was with Aston rather than BMW? There was no sheepishness about saying how the Die Another Day Astons were constructed from Mustangs and Explorers; I guess because they were all part of the Ford group at the time.
Sadly the link doesn't seem to work as it's been shortened. Hopefully this will work:
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a31020182/aston-martin-stunt-driver-james-bond-movie-revealed/
Here are a few more articles from that day at Silverstone:
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/features/aston-love-driving-james-bonds-db5
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/aston-martin/109198/james-bonds-aston-martins-behind-the-scenes-with-007s-db5-dbs-v8-and-valhalla
https://www.esquire.com/uk/design/a31003673/no-time-to-die-aston-martin-james-bond/
https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-driven/james-bond-s-aston-martin-db5---driven/41881
https://www.caradvice.com.au/828200/aston-martin-no-time-to-die/
Oops thank you for finding the full link.
I do recognize the shifter in the DB5 pictured as the same as my e46 M3. I believe that is a clear giveaway.
Ah cool! The Pistonheads piece mentions the gear lever as being very recognisable, so there you go! That they’ve got a load of E46s shows that BMW weren’t officially engaged I guess: must’ve been fun finding that many old M3s!
It’s a brilliant car; a friend of mine used to have one. You must have lots of fun!
https://youtu.be/-3kEBPikrbc
Came in here to post this and saw you beat me to it! Awesome vid.
PDF-Download (Bond Special starts at page 80):
https://www.docdroid.net/HKCkfPW/vantage-mag-pdf
There's a video on YouTube that has something similar. Not sure if I'm allowed to post since it has clips from all the movies. Is it ok to post? (I'm sure most of us have seen it)
Wonderful- thank you very much!
There is, but that one would work better as they're all in the same place, and you even get to see Bond's DB5 overtaking Bond's DB5!
007's Aston Martin DB5: We Drive James Bond's Car From "No Time To Die" | Carfection 4K :-)
https://twitter.com/astonmartin/status/1280048945956360192?s=20
More pics in the link.
Ha! I hadn't really thought of that. They're all semi autos now?
I did see one of their DB4GT continuations up close last year and it really is an amazing piece of work. You can barely tell it from an original, especially as they've all been restored to within an inch of their lives and look brand new anyway.
No Time To Drive: Aston Martin unveils 007 Editions of its Vantage and DBS Superleggera sports cars to mark the release of upcoming James Bond flick
Aston Martin Q division will build 100 Vantage 007 Editions costing £161,000
very nice too!
(no money left now...send food parcels)
Also I think it's the best looking version of this Vantage they've done- the chrome really lifts it.
Interesting that these are being revealed now: considering how close we got to the original release date of NTTD how come they weren't revealed earlier in the year? Or has the film being pushed back given them time to develop these?
These Bond models are always very cool but that being said:
Now for some cranky old guy car buff curmudgeon stuff: Not that I could ever remotely afford an Aston Martin but could they please find it within themselves to offer one of their current production models the option of a proper manual gearbox (and preferably one that actually shifts well with short throws and proper gaits).
Wrong film, wrong car brand, wrong colour and of course wrong leading actor in the role of 007! .....apart from that spot on, Bloody hell fire!!
Ski rack!! so that would be either Tracey's OHMSS Mercury Cougar or Sir Roger's FYEO Lotus Esprit Turbo?
Someone at the Mail or AML or EON Marketing doesn't know their Bonds!
Or you can read it as referring only to the skis, which is the word right next to the statement 'as the V8 Vantage had in the film'.
Here's the wording from Aston's actual press release:
"The Vantage 007 Edition can even be delivered with a set of The Living Daylights inspired limited edition skis and ski rack – referencing the ‘winterised’ V8 saloon from the film."
https://media.astonmartin.com/q-by-aston-martin-creates-new-007-limited-edition-sports-cars-to-celebrate-no-time-to-die/
And also from that press release for Howard:
"Available as a manual or automatic, the Vantage 007 Edition also boasts a side strake Vantage badge and is limited to 100 units globally.
if anyone can afford one, i'd love a nip round t block in it ! (thats northern for a very short journey around your local vacinity)
(no money left now...send food parcels)
Sadly they couldn't do that if they wanted to: it's not road-legal!