James Bond-style Aston Martin could be yours for $1.2 million

Thursday, 7 November 2019

Have you ever wanted to feel like James Bond?

Now you can, by owning the same model Aston Martin made famous by films like Goldfinger – but only if you have more than a million dollars spare.

A 1964 Aston Martin DB5 has come up for sale in Auckland, with a price tag of $1.2 million.

Appearing on Trade Me within the last seven days, the vehicle has only had three owners.

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An unrestored 1964 Aston Martin DB5 has come up for sale in Auckland - the same model made famous by the James Bond franchise.

The current owner, who did not want to be named, purchased the DB5 in the United Kingdom in 1998.

A car ad director, it had been a 'very good buy' for him when he was 30.

'It stops traffic, through the success of the James Bond films.'

First released in 1963, the DB5, a luxury grand tourer, featured a larger, all-aluminium engine than the earlier DB4.

In 1964's Goldfinger, the DB5 famously ejected one of Goldfinger's henchmen, crashed into a wall and slashed the tyres of a Mustang during a car chase.

The owner of the DB5 for sale in Auckland said his came out for car shows and the odd Sunday drive, but wanting to buy another property had prompted him to sell it.

Sean Connery with the Aston Martin DB5, the James Bond car used in Goldfinger.

'It hasn't been driven a lot because it's worth so much money.'

The right-hand drive, two-door, black pearl coupé has only done 62,189 miles (100083 kms).

The 1964 Aston Martin DB5 up for sale comes with the original 1963 car manual and has the factory colour and upholstery.

In the Trade Me advertisement, a typewritten document by King Classic Cars describes the car as a 'very original DB5' which has benefited from major refurbishment, not restoration.

'Thus the car is now an outstanding example of the highly desirable model.'

The black pearl coupé still has its original steering wheel, radio and ashtray, but 'up to date' work has been carried out on the chassis and door sills.

It also comes with the original 1963 car manual and has the factory colour and upholstery.

It currently has about 1000 watchers on Trade Me.

After its first appearance in Goldfinger, 007's DB5 was not seen in the franchise for 30 years, reappearing in 1995's GoldenEye.

The Aston Martin DB5 model was then seen in some way, shape or form in Thunderball, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Casino Royale, Skyfall and Spectre.

Over the years, the gadgeted-out DB5 has featured machine guns, a tyre-shredding blade, radar scanner and tracking screen, passenger ejector seat, an oil slick, smoke screen, bullet-proof windscreen, revolving number plates and water cannons.

One of Bond's DB5s featured a CD tuner which acted as a communication device and doubled as a colour printer/fax machine for receiving intelligence from MI6.

A DB5 built for the filming of Goldfinger sold at auction for US$6.4 million (NZ$10.1 million) in August 2019, becoming the most expensive ever sold at auction.

Aston Martin made 898 DB5s.

Although it does not come with any gadgets, the DB5 is up for sale on Trade Me for a few weeks, but with calls and viewings already coming in, you better get in quick.

'I'll keep it if it doesn't sell.'