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-winger- ◊ 2005-02-18 05:32	The legendary 1964 Aston Martin DB5 in Goldfinger. G-MANN wrote Bond: Where's my Bentley? Q: It's had its day, I'm afraid. Bond: But it's never let me down. Q: M's orders, 007. You'll be using this Aston Martin DB5, with modifications. And these modifications are: Q: Windscreen; bulletproof, as are the side and the rear windows. Revolving numberplates, naturally. Valid all countries. (only 2 other numberplates though!) A radar screen underneath the dashboard, for tracking the homing device Bond slips into other people's cars. Bond: Ingenious. And useful too, allow a man to stop for a quick one, enroute. Q: It has not been perfected after years of patient research entirely for that purpose, 007. The armrest cover opens up to reveal a control panel. Smokescreen: Oil slick: Rear bulletproof screen: Left and right front wing machine guns: And tyre slashers: Q: Now this one I'm particuarly keen about, you see the gear lever here? Now if you take the top off, you'll find a little red button. Q: Whatever you do, don't touch it. Bond: And why not? Q: Because you'll release this section of the roof, and engage and fire the passenger ejector seat. Bond: Ejector seat, you're joking! Q: I never joke about my work, 007. He certainly wasn't joking. While being chased around Goldfinger's factory in Switzerland, Bond gets to use all these gadgets, but eventually the Aston loses the chase. -- Last edit: 2012-10-15 15:59:09 (G-MANN)
ben68 ◊ 2005-11-28 12:41	Should get a "*****" (for "Goldfinger" only!) as this car has become a myth, such as Starsky's Torino, Columbo's 403, Bullitt's Mustang or the Dukes' "General Lee". -- Last edit: 2005-11-28 12:42:29
Jaqob ◊ 2005-12-29 14:54	And gone in sixty seconds'Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500 Eleanor
truckface ◊ 2006-04-20 14:27	The ultimate Bond-car.(next after the "sub"Lotus Esprit from "The spy who loved me".)
jplemoine ◊ 2006-04-20 16:14	Et la 2CV?
wrenchhead ◊ 2006-04-20 17:00	If stars are given for general popularity, public recognition and/or an aura of myth then all Rolls Royce and the military Jeeps would probably be 5 stars. -- Last edit: 2006-04-20 17:01:51
der.krusche ◊ 2006-04-25 23:46	jplemoine wrote Et la 2CV? I should have it in my archive. will look for it. and they had yamaha xt 500 there. right? :-)) martin
antp ◊ 2006-04-26 00:09	The 2CV is that one I guess: /vehicle_2024-Citroen-2CV-6-Club.html
truckfan ◊ 2006-11-13 01:15	My favorite Bond car.
G-MANN ◊ 2006-11-13 02:20	Well, it's the definitive Bond car for the definitive Bond (Sean Connery).
gliffhanger ◊ 2006-12-25 17:31	truckfan wrote My favorite Bond car. all the aston martin that bond drives where good
gliffhanger ◊ 2007-01-29 13:02	Aston Martin In Bond Movies. The very British glamour of Aston Martin cars meant they were a natural choice for James Bond - author Ian Fleming gave his hero a DBIII in the seventh novel, Goldfinger. A long association between 007 and the marque began on screen with the silver DB5 that appears in Goldfinger (1964) and Thunderball (1965). This was James Bond's company car, and in GoldenEye (1995) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) appeared to have become his private car. In On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) a metallic-green DBS appears at the beginning and end of the movie. After an interlude with Lotus, Aston Martins were again used: a charcoal-grey V8 Volante and Vantage in The Living Daylights (1987). After switching to BMW for several films, the Vanquish appeared in Die Another Day (2002). In early 2004, Henrik Fisker, Design Director at Aston Martin, revealed that James Bond drove the new DBS in Casino Royale released in November 2006.[9]
gliffhanger ◊ 2007-06-27 21:45	its filmed in the Aston Martin Factory: This is the scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUG1GexVz2k
Red Grant ◊ 2007-12-15 01:05	G-MANN wrote Well, it's the definitive Bond car for the definitive Bond (Sean Connery). Exactly! To hell with Roger Moore with his annoying sense of "humor", and his raised eyebrow! He doesn't even say shaken not stirred! Ever!
John S ◊ 2008-02-06 16:26	Just read in a history of Aston Martin that the car used in the film was a DB4 series 5, almost identical to the DB5....
G-MANN ◊ 2008-02-19 12:02	Here's something I've always wondered, this famous is always referred to as a 1964 model. But it carries an A-reg plate which means January-Decemeber 1963. Was the plate ever real or was it always fake? -- Last edit: 2008-02-19 12:02:56
Sunbar ◊ 2008-02-19 12:56	Although 'BMT 216A' does not appear on the DVLA website it does appear to be part of a valid series of registrations (North London). Some vehicles still exist from that series of numbers for example and it suggests it dates from May 1963? ... The vehicle details for Austin Mini BMT 225A are: Date of Liability 01 09 1989 Date of First Registration 15 05 1963 Year of Manufacture Not Available Cylinder Capacity (cc) 848CC Vehicle Colour BLUE The vehicle details for (Matchless) BMT 227A are: Date of Liability 30 01 2009 Date of First Registration 10 05 1963 Year of Manufacture Not Available Cylinder Capacity (cc) 350CC Although its possible still that the registration was false and used only for the movie. -- Last edit: 2008-02-19 12:56:32
G-MANN ◊ 2008-02-19 13:42	I think just because a registration may not exist in the DVLA's online database doesn't necessarily mean it is fake. With older registrations perhaps the DVLA has never gotten around to putting them onto the database.
Sunbar ◊ 2008-02-19 14:21	True, what I was trying to say was the probability is the registration is genuine but there is still the chance it did not belong to the Aston.
chris40 ◊ 2008-02-19 15:43	It certainly belonged to AN Aston, but whether to the one in the film I don't know. A friend of mine (now alas passed on) used to work for David Brown in Ireland, and he has shown me a photo of himself outside his house on the outskirts of Dublin with BMT 216A - which to his amazement he was allowed to use when it wasn't on show!
chris40 ◊ 2008-02-19 16:04	(Quote from www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A521984) 'In January 1963, the Suffix format started to be used by some areas and from 1965 it became a legal requirement. The sequence became XXX 999X where the final letter represented the year the car was first registered. Therefore, vehicles with a plate ending 'A' eg ABC 123A had been registered during 1963. January 1964 began the 'B' registrations, 1965 'C', and so on and so forth. There are few 'E' registration plates in circulation. In 1967, the authorities decided that the registration month should be changed from January to August. Therefore, 'F' plates are for cars registered in August 1967 through to July 1968. The system continued on: G - 1968, H - 1969, J - 1970 and so on, missing out 'I', 'O', 'Q', 'U' and 'Z' due to the possibility of mistaking them for the numbers '1', '0', '2' and the letter 'V'. These letters were still used in the initial three-letter part of the plate, though.' The 'some areas' mentioned above included Middlesex (where the Aston was - possibly - registered)from January and Staffordshire, which started issuing 7-digit registrations in, I think, July or August (I saw my first one in August - on a Škoda Octavia). Contrary to what the quote says, I, Q and Z were never used in the three-letter part of the plate; I and Z were at that time reserved for Irish registrations and Q for tourist transit plates. -- Last edit: 2008-02-19 16:05:30
quiksilver ◊ 2008-03-25 11:25	Don’t know if it is true but someone told me years ago that this isn’t a DB5 as they hadn’t started producing them at the time the film was made. It was a DB4 with a DB5 body. David Brown wanted to showcase the new car so had it knocked together specially for the film. Does anyone know anything about this or is it one on those myths that does the rounds?
John S ◊ 2008-05-11 22:24	Quicksilver, see my post, 7 above yours
Q-Ball ◊ 2008-10-17 20:52	wow, that map that was thought to be revolutionary in 1964 is just a standard GPS today
troubadour ◊ 2008-12-31 01:52	Greetings all! As an Aston Martin afficionado, I know rather more about these things than I perhaps should. The main car from the film was actually registered BMT 216A, and it was the prototype DB5 - which was actually developed from the DB4 Series V. There is documentary evidence of the car in its pre-James Bond role, where it served as a test vehicle - it was actually road tested by, I think, Motor magazine. As for the DB5 proper, that was actually in production from October 1963, which was a full year before the film was released. The BMT registration mark was, I believe, local to Feltham, where the Aston Martin factory was at the time. They had yet to move to Newport Pagnell. The reason why the number no longer appears at the DVLA is because shortly after the film, the car was sold and its new owner re-registered the car 6633 PP - the registration I believe the car still bore when it was stolen from its aircraft-hangar home in Miami, Florida in, if my memory serves, 1996. It has not been seen since.
troubadour ◊ 2008-12-31 01:59	chris40 wrote Q for tourist transit plates. Perhaps I'm picking nits here - but Q was used for vehicles where the actual date of first registration was unknown - or rather, where the car's provenance could not be ascertained. This included kit cars, where the car was sufficiently different from any donor vehicle to warrant a new registration.
chris40 ◊ 2008-12-31 09:46	troubadour wrote Perhaps I'm picking nits here Yes and no, troubadour: we're both right. Q was used as a year letter post-1963 in the way you mention, but as part of a two-letter combination (QB, QC, QD, QS) followed by up to four figures was in fact a tourist-transit registration. (ZZ performed the same function in the Irish Republic, and still does.)
troubadour ◊ 2008-12-31 16:34	John S wrote Just read in a history of Aston Martin that the car used in the film was a DB4 series 5, almost identical to the DB5.... Actually, the stunt car (the one with all the gadgets fitted) was the DB5 prototype, chassis number DP216/1, which started life as a DB4 series 5. The other cars used were all genuine, production DB5s - I believe there were 3 used altogether.
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2009-04-11 11:51	The same DB5, or at least a DB5 displaying the registration number BMT 216A, appears in episode 2.17 of The Saint: /vehicle.php?id=223582 -- Last edit: 2009-04-11 11:51:55
blackdr ◊ 2010-06-07 07:31	Well the other aston db5 used in goldfinger is going up for sale, so atleast we know where the one that wasnt stolen is now Link to "www.classicandperformancecar.com"
CRAFT372 ◊ 2010-11-02 01:22	Here is the 5th Gear episode about the Bond Cars you can gett allot of this cars story in this video enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flodhus_I8U
Luc ◊ 2010-12-04 18:22	Some answers to the previous comments : Some additional information about the first screen appearance of BMT 216A in ‘The Saint’ (The Noble Sportsman) : BMT 216A is the first Aston Martin DB5 ever built, Development Project DP/216/1 registered on 1st May 1963. Dubonnet Red paintwork and slick grey interior. Equipped with Marchal fog units and side-mounted turn indicators. Pictured on Aston’s 1964 sales brochures. Tested by the magazine Autocar (issue 13 September 1963). First screen appearance in ‘The Saint’ before conversion for ‘Goldfinger’ and ‘Thunderball’. (The car was loaned by Aston Martin to Pinewood Studios). Also pictured on the leaflet edited by Aston Martin ‘Specification of the James Bond Aston Martin’ . See pictures attached. So BMT 216A in ‘The Saint’ and the gadget car in ‘Goldfinger’ and ‘Thunderball’ is really the same car before and after conversion.
dsl ◊ 2010-12-04 19:58	Sunbar wrote Although 'BMT 216A' does not appear on the DVLA website it does appear to be part of a valid series of registrations (North London). Some vehicles still exist from that series of numbers for example and it suggests it dates from May 1963? BMT xxxA series was fully issued by Middlesex from April to October 1963.
Luc ◊ 2010-12-05 06:05	Of course BMT 216A is a valid (because real!) registration number. BMT 216A was owned by Aston Martin with that registration number until the car was sold to Mr Keyzar who re-registered it as 6633PP. You find copy of the registration document with registration date 1 May 1963 and certification by Sir David Brown in Dave Worrall's book "The Most Famouus Car in the World" (p.146 & 148). I presume it does not appear on the DVLA website as it is no longer in use.
dsl ◊ 2011-06-12 00:55	Info and chassis numbers for each car used at http://www.astonmartins.com/db4_5_6_s/db5_007_goldfinger_thunderball.htm .
troubadour ◊ 2012-03-03 00:47	Sunbar wrote Although 'BMT 216A' does not appear on the DVLA website it does appear to be part of a valid series of registrations (North London). You say that, although the car was actually a demonstration model wearing that same plate before the film. DP216/1 was also a development vehicle (DP being Development Prototype or somesuch), being a DB4 Series V which, according to some at Aston Martin, had so many modifications that it was thought meet to call it a new model. Incidentally, the MT registration mark was not north London, but Middlesex, which would fit with the company's Feltham address. According to the tax disc used on the car in the film (saying Feb 65), that would put the date of registration at the early part of 1963. That said, I can find no rhyme nor reason in changing the plates from BMT 216A to 6633PP (a contemporary Buckinghamshire registration) save that either Aston or the new owner of the car could stomach the notoriety the plate would bring.
troubadour ◊ 2012-03-03 00:55	quiksilver wrote Don’t know if it is true but someone told me years ago that this isn’t a DB5 as they hadn’t started producing them at the time the film was made. It was a DB4 with a DB5 body. David Brown wanted to showcase the new car so had it knocked together specially for the film. Does anyone know anything about this or is it one on those myths that does the rounds? I believe it is a myth. The DB5 entered production in Octobe 1963, a year before its debut in Goldfinger. Also, remember this was before the spectre of product placement came to haunt the Big Screen, so Aston Martin were incredibly reluctant to let one of their very expensive cars be mangled in the name of cinematography.
14stutz ◊ 2012-07-02 19:19	"Also, remember this was before the spectre of product placement came to haunt the Big Screen..." Not entirely true, I'm sure Aston Martin saw an upside for its appearance...otherwise it wouldn't have done it. Also, note all the Fords in the films, early product placement.
Nightrider ◊ 2013-08-14 09:44	Epic fail. Link to "mustangsdaily.com"
Robi ◊ 2014-07-26 11:17	-- Last edit: 2019-09-09 17:52:10
Go-Getter ◊ 2015-03-23 18:49	This is a perfect car for a Bond in training.
Boss429 ◊ 2016-04-12 14:46	One question: Is there any difference between a 1963 and a 1964 DB5 besides the '64 having an optional 5-speed transmission?
rjb15 ◊ 2016-05-04 10:59	Hi, I live in New Zealand and have owned for many years an 1963 DB4 Series 5 SS Vantage, Chassis No:DB4/1180R, Engine No:370/1170SS with the high ratio diff. It was first registered 30 April 1963 Reg No 909CDA, one day before the 1st Bond Car DP216, BMT216A. 1st May 1963. It is in reasonable condition. I would very much like to sell this car, what do you think it would be worth? When I purchased this Car I found a small brass plaque which had all the car details on it. It had originally been affixed to the front bonnet scoop. I was told this Aston had been displayed at 'Earls Court'. This has always remain a mystery to me. Can anybody help? Many thanks. rjb15
Bluehill ◊ 2016-05-13 16:34	This is BMT216A before it was given to John Stears and modified as "the Bondmobile". The car was prototype of DB5 and made some PR-appearences. It was originally red and was repainted silver after it was modified. In this picture is DB5 in original look as it was seen in The Saint.
rondemarse ◊ 2016-07-26 05:39	Just want to bump Boss429's question from back in April, as I've always wondered the same thing: Is there any difference between the 1963/216A/Goldfinger DB5 and the 1964/214A/Goldeneye DB5? In the world of the films, are they designed to represent the same car?
btz461 ◊ 2017-02-08 09:56	rjb15 wrote Hi, I live in New Zealand and have owned for many years an 1963 DB4 Series 5 SS Vantage, Chassis No:DB4/1180R, Engine No:370/1170SS with the high ratio diff. It was first registered 30 April 1963 Reg No 909CDA, one day before the 1st Bond Car DP216, BMT216A. 1st May 1963. It is in reasonable condition. I would very much like to sell this car, what do you think it would be worth? When I purchased this Car I found a small brass plaque which had all the car details on it. It had originally been affixed to the front bonnet scoop. I was told this Aston had been displayed at 'Earls Court'. This has always remain a mystery to me. Can anybody help? Many thanks. rjb15 I live in New Zealand and would like to talk Aston Martins with you some time, email wjc508@gmail.com (used to own 1178/r) and several others.I think you are in Dunedin, Thanks for reading bill
train68 ◊ 2018-05-12 18:27	The first time I watched this movie, I expected this car to appear throughout the entire film.
dsl ◊ 2018-07-18 19:20	Lego version - only £129.99.
ALMF-3512 ◊ 2019-04-28 11:36	If DP=Development Proto,the class for this car should be Proto/Concept
opal ◊ 2019-04-28 11:49	No point, the Prototype were modified to look as actual DB5. So you can't tell the different on screen. -- Last edit: 2019-04-28 11:49:33
ALMF-3512 ◊ 2019-04-28 11:56	https://jalopnik.com/where-is-james-bond-s-aston-martin-db5-5728724 In this article the DP216/1 was described as pre production test mule for the DB5 model before appearing on the big screen.And DP216/1 was the exact gadgets car used in film,and if this is Pre-Production.Maybe we should list DP216/1 as Proto/Concept class
opal ◊ 2019-04-28 12:20	Pre-production is a test car, not consider as "Prototype/concept"... alot of infor from others site were not all correct.
Robi ◊ 2020-04-15 09:40
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Fluttershy ◊ 2020-05-07 08:50	G-MANN wrote I think just because a registration may not exist in the DVLA's online database doesn't necessarily mean it is fake. With older registrations perhaps the DVLA has never gotten around to putting them onto the database. Or they bought the Plates from the Owner & used them on the Movie car.
lobo ◊ 2021-02-08 11:12	Car one...aka EFFECTS CAR/TRICK ASTON MARTIN in the EON world. Reg no BMT216A chassis no DP/216/1 4 speed DB gearbox This was the prototype DB5,was originally Dubonnet Red/Grey Leather. This one was in the Saint episode The Noble Sportsman NOT driven by Roger Moore(Simon Templar) but Anthony Quayle(Lord Yearley). The car is filmed near Pinewood Studios although the Saint was filmed at Elstree Studio's. This first aired in the UK on 9 January 1964 (Season 2, Episode 17) The timeline is roughly as follows: Jul 1963 ....DB5 launched Sep 1963 ....Car used in autocar road test Oct 1963 ....DB5 at Motor Show Nov 1963 ....Eon (Ken Adams and John Stears) visit Aston at Feltham NOT NP Jan 1964 ....Sent to Pinewood for gadget fitment by SFX team Feb 1964 ....Sent to NP for respray into Silver Birch Mar 1964 ....Sent to Pinewood for start of filming This is the car that was used for Paris premiere and was driven there by Mike Ashley from Aston with Sean Connery in the passenger seat. When they were swapping seats so Connery could drive the last bit he slid over to the drivers seat whilst Ashley walked around to the passenger side. This is when the girl dived in through the passenger window...she was removed and they drove on. The ORIGINAL gearknob that flicks up was stolen when this car toured Japan,the one sold for fortunes wasn't in the film..... Car two...aka ROAD CAR in the EON world. Reg no. FMP7B chassis no DB5/1486/R 5 speed ZF gearbox No gadgets fitted at this stage but modified to look as close as poss to BMT216A. The film scenes are a combo of the two car's PLUS there were interiors mocked up from spare parts hired/bought from Aston. There were four drivers in the scenes...Sean Connery and three stunt drivers. Bob Simmons is in BMT216A and FMP7B(in Black Park Woods doubling for Swiss woods). BMT216A is at the security gatehouse with the old lady (this is near the current water tank at Pinewood) and the ejector seat bit is done with a dummy seat and dummy guard. Stoke Park is all FMP7B so the famous shot of Connery with the car isn't BMT216A! The Mustang was taken there for publicity shots as well as the Rolls Royce. FMP7B was taken to Southend Airport(not Lydd as Lydd claim but BMT216A did fly into Lydd by Carvair during European promotions) for the shots with Connery watching the Carvair and Goldfinger,the Rolls etc BMT216A is used for the Q scene at Pinewood(and he uses the wrong switch for the revolving no. plates...) FMP7B goes to Switzerland originally via Cherbourg on a ferry but it got damaged on the crossing so it only 'long shots' were filmed. These are the bits where Bond follows at a distance. Bill Baskerville is now the stunt driver.(William 'Bill' Baskerville was Sean Connery stand in. Stand-ins are used before filming and not during filming. But according to some sources Bill drove the DB5 in Andermatt Switzerland as there was no real stuntwork in the chase against the Mustang and so no stuntman on set.) Then the gearbox failed and the car was pushed into place for the great shot where Connery looks down on Goldfinger buying fruit. BMT216A was rushed across and by the time Tilly shoots at Goldfinger it has replaced FMP7B! Bill then does all the fast driving in BMT216A. Part of the effects here are in the studio with mocked up plastic parts of the Aston and the Mustang(Mustang wasn't really damaged) Then it's BMT216A that goes to the petrol station and you can see the roof panel,car phone in the drivers door,missing sunvisor etc and again this car is used when Connery looks at Goldfingers factory. FMP7B was returned to NP. BMT216A went to Pinewood and now George Leech drives it for the chase around Goldfingers factory(Pinewood again) Then BMT216A went back to Black Park with Connery,Tania Mallet etc foir their scenes. It is the gadget car that crashes into the false wall,it did go a bit too far and damaged the revolving number no plate on the real wall behind the false wall. To make the machine guns on the car look like they were firing the front wheel was taken off and real machine gun was fired through the hole! The Merc was crashed in the chalk pits at Harewood,recovered and crashed again into the side of a stage at Pinewood. After filming BMT216A got dumped at Pinewood for a bit until Aston took it back and modifed the gadgets to last a bit longer and the car started promotional work. FMP7B was used in Thunderball but BMT216A was called back from promoting Goldfinger to be filmed too(all at Chateau D'Anet outside Paris) Easy differences to spot are the rear bullet proof screen aperture/side indicators on BMT216A. FMP7B now got fitted with similiar gadgets to BMT216A for promotion. Then two more unregistered cars(owned by Eon not Aston),DB5/2008/R and DB5/2017/R were prepped with gadgets as showcars and toured the world. The gadgets were stripped off BMT216A in 1968 (and fake ones later fitted) BMT216A(6633PP) is the Cannonball Run car(the back up car with the ejector seat was a DB4GT that was crashed/burned out in a bad accident during filming paralysing a stunt woman) BMT216A was re-registered 6633PP and show car DB5/2017/R was registered as BMT216A. Today: BMT216A (6633PP) was stolen from Boca Raton and is now presumed dumped in the sea...last owner was Anthony Pugliese 111 FMP7B was owned by Jerry Lee who lives in PA,USA. This car was sold by RM Auctions in London in 2010 for £2.9 million. http://www.rmauctions.com/media/release.cfm?id=748 DB5/2017/R is owned in Holland by Mr Kort. DB5/2018/R is the one sold for approx $2 million in 2006 to a private collector in Switzerland.
rjluna2 ◊ 2021-10-10 17:50	Sold for US $4.1 million: Link to "www.msn.com"
993cc ◊ 2022-03-25 16:33	^ that was back in 2010 and concerns the 'FMP 7B' car as noted in the previous post by Lobo
Shark ◊ 2023-09-07 12:31	I have a bit of a familial connection to this car -- my grandfather was the automotive editor for the Seattle times and he 'test drove' one of the cars from the film. My grandmother had a picture of him in the car with all the gadgets extended. Unfortunately, that picture has been lost to time. Growing up I'd see the picture, watch the films and feel a bit of a connection to it. And I had the corgi toy.
MatthewPaanoTorres ◊ 2024-03-22 20:25	One of the most iconic movie cars in film history.

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