Aston Martin DB5 Double 007 James Bond

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" At number 7, the car made famous by Double 007, the Aston Martin DB5. " " Aston Martin DB5 will be forever associated of course with James Bond. I mean, it always will be the Goldfinger film. Everyone's imagination, every kid's imagination. The real car, of course doesn't have an injector seat, but it's for the guy that thinks himself probably to be a fighter pilot, or an airline pilot or a great international spy or a playboy. I mean, it is the playboy's express." " It is heart-stoppingly gorgeous! It is pretty enough to stop a speeding train. It has a fantastic 6-cyclinder twin-overhead cam engine. It would, in a 1961-'62 do a 150 miles an hour, which made it great. But much more than that, it had this wonderful tweedy British elegance." " Aston Martin was one of a number of small proud English companies known for hand-built craftsmanship. James Bond made Aston Martin glamorous. Of course, Bond was too busy. So, instead we asked Britain's favorite aristocrat to put the car through its paces. He is better known for his Ferrari collection, but Lord Charlie Brocket has never been one to shy away from the camera." " We did get a reputation for making cars that were wacky, different, but well built and well, you know, its huge attention to detail. That's what people liked." " Yes, they were hand built and very elegant. But you couldn't always count on them to actually work." " Ah, this is what will happen to the electric windows in old cars." " Well, it's going up <b>...</b>

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Aston, Martin, DB5, Double, 007, James, Bond, Discovery, Channel

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