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[lazenbyland]

Could it be that Bond iis back in the original GF and TB Aston Martin?

http://www.huffingto....html#s=1005699

[Trevelyan 006]

I feel this is old news, no?

[x007AceOfSpades]

If it has the oil slick and ejector seat then yes.

[Bryce (003)]

Yes. It's back. A few sparse rumors imply that it may have an "optional extra" or two. I suspect we may even have a line or two explaining it in the Craig/Bond era. We know he won it in the Bahamas. Also, he's had it converted to a RHD. What Q Branch may have done with it remains to be seen.

[MajorB]

In Bondverse 1.0, Q gave him the DB5 as a company vehicle, and he drove it in GF and TB. It then disappeared for a few decades, during which a couple of other A-Ms appeared (OHMSS, fleetingly in DAF, TLD). The DB5 resurfaced in GE, with no apparent spy gadgets, and was apparently now Bond's personally owned vehicle; it showed up again in TND (and I believe it was supposed to also be in TWINE, but the scene got cut). One can infer a scenario in which Q branch de-tech'd the car and Bond bought it for his own use.

In Bondverse 2.0, Bond won the car from Dimitrios in a poker game in Nassau. It wasn't seen beyond Nassau in CR, and wasn't in QoS. It's returning in SF. We can infer that it's still his personal car; as Bryce says, there are rumors it may have some spy tech added, but we don't know for sure.

I think that's the concise history.

[Bryce (003)]

In Bondverse 1.0, Q gave him the DB5 as a company vehicle, and he drove it in GF and TB. It then disappeared for a few decades, during which a couple of other A-Ms appeared (OHMSS, fleetingly in DAF, TLD). The DB5 resurfaced in GE, with no apparent spy gadgets, and was apparently now Bond's personally owned vehicle; it showed up again in TND (and I believe it was supposed to also be in TWINE, but the scene got cut). One can infer a scenario in which Q branch de-tech'd the car and Bond bought it for his own use.

In Bondverse 2.0, Bond won the car from Dimitrios in a poker game in Nassau. It wasn't seen beyond Nassau in CR, and wasn't in QoS. It's returning in SF. We can infer that it's still his personal car; as Bryce says, there are rumors it may have some spy tech added, but we don't know for sure.

I think that's the concise history.

Indeed MajorB. The only optional extras in GE were the champagne chiller in the center arm and the print-out transmission unit in the stereo. Yes, a scene was cut from TWINE of the DB5 arriving at King's funeral and driven by Moneypenny as Bond is still in a sling from his arm injury in the PTS. In Benson's novelisation of TND, there's a brief narrative that explains that Bond outbid Tanner for the DB5 which had all modifications removed and in that Bond world, it was his personal car.

[lazenbyland]

In Bondverse 2.0, Bond won the car from Dimitrios in a poker game in Nassau. It wasn't seen beyond Nassau in CR, and wasn't in QoS. It's returning in SF. We can infer that it's still his personal car; as Bryce says, there are rumors it may have some spy tech added, but we don't know for sure.

In Bondverse 1.0 the DB5 in GE had the registration BMT 214A, not BMT 216A so it is not the same car as GF and TB.

The DB5 in CR had a bahamian registration not a british one.

It would be possible that in Bondverse 2.0 it originally had a british registration (BMT 216A - The 'A' at the end of the registration refers to the year the car was first registered ), though unlikely with an LHD, and I can't see why Bond would convert it to RHD. This isn't necessary in the UK with a foreign sourced car. If Bond had it re-registered, then it would have a new registration similar to the Vanquish in DAD.

Bond may have bought an old registration though I've never seen Bond ever with a personal registration. He doesn't have an ego problem!

[Simon]

You are of course quite right, but the 'thinking' is that no one is supposed to have noticed the slight shift in number plate alignment as the 216A plate was otherwise taken and not to be used, even in film. 214A was available, so they went that route.

The DB5 in CR is unrelated in every way to GF and Th times other than as a purely coincidental nod to something that we, the audience, would recognise as Bond heritage, even if Craig Bond Bondverse 2.0 had nothing to do with the history. So this car has nothing to do with either of the above plates.

Craig's Bond is a reboot, so exists outside of the continuity of the previous 40 years. So perhaps 2012 should in fact just be a 10 year celebration.


As I am paraphrasing what Barbara once said in interview, 'it's all rubbish anyway.' So guessing it doesn't stand up to any sort of inspection.

[Binyamin]

They are, after all, movies.

Enjoy them without the self-imposed migraines.

[lazenbyland]

I can't believe they would have BMT 216A without some sort of history behind it. Even if it is a re-invented history for Bondverse 2.0.

We'll see.

[marktmurphy]

I can't believe they would have BMT 216A without some sort of history behind it. Even if it is a re-invented history for Bondverse 2.0.

We'll see.

Yeah, but check the numberplate for Bond's BMW in Tomorrow Never Dies. None of it makes any sense!

[JackUnion]

It always annoyed me that the DB5 in CR was LHD. And per the teaser its now RHD. I don't think you can have a car thats been out of production for 47 years easily converted. I'm going to call continuity-error-.

[delfloria]

What about Lazenby's DB5 as Bond during the early 80's.

[Bryce (003)]

It always annoyed me that the DB5 in CR was LHD. And per the teaser its now RHD. I don't think you can have a car thats been out of production for 47 years easily converted. I'm going to call continuity-error-.

You can actually. Conversion to a RHD from a LHD or vice-versa is common on older cars. i.e. http://www.astonenhancements.com
By no means easy or inexpensive, but it can and has been done.

[jaguar007]

They are, after all, movies.

Enjoy them without the self-imposed migraines.

Absolutely!

[delfloria]

I had my DB5 converted from auto to manual years ago..................... and it WAS expensive! Yes, major mods like this can be done.

[Dustin]

I think that conversion-thingy is even one of the more original Bond-ish traits. After all that guy bought a write-off Bentley wreck, invested a small fortune into a new machine and a new custom body and later lost his Rolls-Royce guarantees for fitting a supercharger to his wheels. Winning an Aston in a game of poker, shipping it to the UK and adapting it to left-hand traffic sounds about right to me for this kind of character. I suppose Fleming's Bond would perhaps not be the guy for driving a vintage car in general (too fussy affair, overall). But if he did he'd do it in this eccentic fashion.

[marktmurphy]

It always annoyed me that the DB5 in CR was LHD. And per the teaser its now RHD. I don't think you can have a car thats been out of production for 47 years easily converted. I'm going to call continuity-error-.

Aston Martin works will do anything for clients willing to pay enough. I once saw that they'd actually converted a DB5 to Bond spec (inc. gadgets) for a customer, and had even designed and printed a bespoke manual, including illustrations, showing how to work all of the gadgets! Might have been in the 90's, I forget.

[00 Brosnan]

To be honest, I'm not very interested in licence plate numbers, I'm just happy the car has a role in the film. A chase sequence with Bond in the DB5 would be great (ala Goldfinger). The DB5 has to be one of the coolest cars around, along with the Shelby GT500E.

I'd also love to see gadgets return to any one of Bond's cars...in more realistic, modern fashion of course.

[S.P.E.C.T.R.E]

Y not da DB5? The 'Bond' series started w/ da DB5, would b nice 2 feature it again in a car chase eh?