How Movie Magic Has Made the Aston Martin Goldfinger DB5 Continuation Gadgets a Reality

We've known for a long time that Aston brings back 25 DB5 loaded gadgets identical to Goldfinger's car. This is one of his Continuation cars, Aston Martin's greatest hits, which have been reissued for a modern and well-regarded audience. In addition, the gadgets that make the The finger of gold Such great cars are partly designed by the engineers of Aston Martin Works, as well as by Chris Corbould and his team.

Corbould is a Bond special effects guru, so he's ideally placed to design gadgets as close to reality as possible.

Since the car was announced, everything has been done to make the gadgets a reality, and we had a glimpse of the progress of Corbould and his team.

Each of the 2.75 million pounds (about $ 3.75 million, before local taxes) Goldfinger DB5 Continuation cars will look exactly like their movie with Silver Birch paint and will be accompanied by a decent selection of gadgets (which are still subject to technical approval and legislation specific to each country), then could change).

The exterior gizmos mounted on the car include a rear smoke screen feed system, a simulated simulated oil slick supply system, pivoting license plates at the rear of the car. front and rear, simulated (fortunately) machine guns forward, bulletproof rear bumper and rams the car.

Inside, owners will have access to a simulated radar display tracking card, a phone in the driver's door, a shifter button, an armrest and a control panel mounted on the center console, has a storage space for weapons / objects under the seats and an optional teaser seat (This is not a real ejector seat, we hope).

So why does Aston Martin need a specialist like Corbould on site? Well, since when do you make an engineer of the automobile industry every day?

"The main challenge has been to recreate the gadgets of the film world and transfer them into a consumer product," said Corbould. "We are allowed in the world of film to" cheat "different aspects under controlled conditions. For example, we could have four different cars to accommodate four different gadgets. We obviously do not have this luxury on these DB5s, because all the gadgets have to work in the same car all the time. "

Plus, is not it cool to have the team's advice behind James Bond's gadgets on a James Bond gadget replica?

Corbould's main focus is on machine guns, smokescreen and oil slick: "The guns appearing in the headlights were a particular challenge because in the world of cinema we are able to use flammable gas mixtures combined with ignition. system to produce a flame and noise effect. It is clear that this is not practical in untrained hands, so we have designed a new system to achieve a realistic effect. "

Here is Corbould who speaks and shows some of his works:

Corbould and the Aston Martin Works team are not content with beating a two-dollar water pistol in the back and calling it a "black tide device", but in reality they are making these gadgets work for true. When you think about it, it's a little radiant.

Unfortunately, the Goldfinger car equipped with gadgets is not actually legal on the roads, so you can only drive on tracks and private land. But it's still the best way for a mortal to drive James Bond's car, which is pretty cool.

The first engineering car is still under construction, but customers can expect that their own Goldfinger DB5 will shake, let themselves go, and that other clichés from Bond in 2020.