For would-be James Bonds, owning an Aston Martin has long been the easiest way to imitate the world’s most famous spy. This July, though, one lucky bidder will be able to go one better and buy Bond’s actual DB5.
Yes, come 13 July, the very model used by Pierce Brosnan in 1995’s Goldeneye will be going up for auction at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Fancy yourself as an international bidder of mystery? You'll need to be a rich one too, because it's expected to make at least £1.2m.
Sean Connery drove a DB5 in 1964’s Goldfinger (credit: Alamy)
Aston Martin has long been synonymous with Bond; the spy’s relationship with the stunning DB5 began way back in 1964, when Sean Connery drove a Silver Birch in that year’s Goldfinger.
An instant cinematic icon, the legendary (and deadly) DB5 continued to crop up in subsequent flicks across the next several decades – including Thunderball, Tomorrow Never Dies, Spectre and, of course, Goldeneye.
Few viewers could have missed the magnificent Aston Martin’s presence in that latter movie: it opened with Brosnan flinging the DB5 around the hills above Monte Carlo, in an effort to escape from the chasing Ferrari F355 of Xenia Onatopp.
