Aston Martin and EON Productions are teaming up to recreate arguably one of the most iconic movie cars of all time: James Bond’s DB5 from the movie Goldfinger. The British automaker and the production company in charge of producing Bond movies will recreate the legendary DB5 as part of Aston’s continuation series. Only 25 units of the DB5 will be built, but each one of them will come with all the gizmos and gadgetry that 007 himself had at his disposal in the classic 1964 movie.

Before you get gassed out because of too much excitement, it’s important to remember that each of the 25 continuation models that Aston Martin and EON Productions are building won’t be road legal. That means that even if you buy one, you won’t be able to show off the DB5’s revolving license plates out in public. Still, it’s not often that a car like this is offered, which makes that much more appealing.

The connection between Aston Martin and James Bond is something of which we are very proud, and it is remarkable that the DB5 remains the definitive James Bond car after so many years,” Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer said. “To own an Aston Martin has long been an aspiration for James Bond fans, but to own a Silver Birch DB5, complete with gadgets and built to the highest standards in the very same factory as the original James Bond cars? Well, that is surely the ultimate collectors’ fantasy. The skilled craftspeople at Aston Martin Works and the expert special effects team from the James Bond films are about to make this fantasy real for 25 very lucky customers.”

That shouldn’t be an issue for fans of the James Bond movie franchise, a lot of whom grew up seeing the Bond’s tricked out DB5 in action. The continuation models won’t have the same provenance as the original cars used in the movie, but they’ll come pretty close. For instance, all 25 units will be painted in the same Silver Birch color scheme as the original model. Likewise, all the gadgets and armaments will also be included, including the aforementioned revolving license plates and a host of others. Aston Martin didn’t specify what other gadgets will be featured in the continuation series, but if this is going to be as true to the original movie car as the company says it is, we can at least expect the machine gun barrels, the hideaway tracking computer in the dash, the door-mounted car phone, and, of course, the ejector seat. Don’t expect some of these gadgets to be functional, though, because Aston Martin’s not selling you a weapon on four wheels. Still wouldn’t it be cool to see how those ejector seats really work?

To keep the DB5 continuation series as slick and as authentic as possible, Aston Martin Works will be working at Newport Pagnell, a town in Milton Keys, England where the original DB5s were produced back in the 1960s.

With just 25 models available, expect the DB5 continuation models to be as sought after as any Aston Martin model in recent history. Each unit will cost £2.75 million, which converts to around $3.5 million based on current exchange rates. Customer deliveries are expected to begin sometime in 2020. For the lucky 25 owners of the DB5 continuation series, $3.5 million is a small price to pay for the chance at owning a James Bond-approved Aston Martin DB5. It may not be the original models used in the movie, but it’s as close as it’s going to get to them.

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