The 1963 Aston Martin DB5 in Goldfinger
Let’s start with the most iconic movie car of all: The modified Aston Martin DB5 that James Bond (Sean Connery) first drove in 1964’s Goldfinger. What was modified? Well, for one thing, the original DB5 didn’t include a Browning .30 caliber machine gun in each fender or wheel-hub mounted tire-slashers.
A fully restored Goldfinger Aston Martin DB5 sold for $6.4 million in 2019, and auction house RM Sotheby’s said it included such features as “hydraulic over-rider rams on the bumpers, a Browning .30 caliber machine gun in each fender, wheel-hub mounted tire-slashers, a raising rear bullet-proof screen, an in-dash radar tracking scope, oil, caltrop and smoke screen dispensers, revolving license plates, and a passenger-seat ejection system.”
And yes, Sotheby’s guaranteed “all gadgets in fully functioning order.”
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