Three-quarters Front view of the Aston Martin DB5, used to promote the film, Goldfinger, in 1964, at the St James Motoring Spectacle 2024.
Arguably the most iconic car in the world, the Aston Martin DB5 debuts in the film series when 007 visits Q’s laboratory in Goldfinger, where he’s informed that his Bentley is to be replaced by a Silver Birch Aston Martin DB5 with the number plate BMT 216A (which it will wear for all its appearances, except two (see below)). Q then introduces him to most, but not all, of the added extras (the filmmakers wanting the car to surprise people when its full array of armaments came into effect). The first gadget deployed is the tracking device, which Bond attaches to Goldfinger’s Rolls-Royce Phantom III. Using a control panel in the centre console, 007 next engages the tyre slashers to disable Tilly Masterson’s Ford Mustang after she’s taken a pot shot with her sniper’s rifle. Later on, bidding to escape Auric Enterprises, 007 employs the car’s smoke screen and oil slick. The bullet-proof rear shield, meanwhile, saves him when he’s trapped in a crossfire. Once captured by Goldfinger’s goons, Bond escapes by utilising the ejector seat, and then unloads with the twin front-mounted Browning machine guns that emerge from behind the forward indicator lights, and also engages the extending front bumpers. Q Branch Modifications Goldfinger • Hydraulic over-rider battering rams – front and rear extending from bumpers • Left and right front-wing machine guns – concealed behind the indicator lights • Tyre slasher – emerging from hub of rear passenger side wheel • Radar tracker – concealed behind the radio speaker grille • Radar scanner • Ejector seat – engaged via button hidden in gearstick knob • Bulletproof windscreen and glass • Bulletproof rear screen – retractable • Revolving number plates – England, France and Switzerland seen on screen • Telephone – concealed in driver’s door panel • Oil slick jet – from the rear • Rear smoke screen • Caltrop dispenser – not seen on screen • Weapons tray – underneath driver’s seat with Armalite rifle, Mauser automatic pistol, a hand grenade,
Size: 4774px × 3572px
Location: Pall Mall, St James's, London
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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