Aston Martin DB5
Engine
282bhp, six-
cylinder 3,995cc
Performance
0-62mph, 8.6 secs;
top speed, 142mph
Price on release
£4,175
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to
knowOne of No Time To
Die’s eight specially
constructed DB5s
performs doughnuts
on a Matera piazzaGQ CARSfive seconds. But those gunshots echo
down the years.
In a series that inspires feverish devo-
tion among men and women who really
should know better, the DB5 is the
ultimate crowd-pleasing callback. And
get this: Daniel Craig himself is behind
the wheel, with Léa Seydoux beside
him (above). The man likes to drive
and he knows what he’s doing. Not
that he freely admits to it. “You know
we fake it, don’t you?” he tells me a
few weeks later. “The only person who
didn’t fake it was Steve McQueen. But
I was allowed to doughnut the DB5 inMatera, which was great. I’m lucky
to have access to a brilliant bunch of
experts who take me out and we talk
about it. We talk about the correct body
language behind the wheel, but often
when you’re with really good drivers
they don’t actually put a lot of input in.
They’re also usually three inches away
from the steering wheel and that’s just
not very cinematic. Rally drivers are
practically on top of the wheel. [Pause.]
Look cool: that’s all you can try to do...”
You’ve got to say Craig’s nailed that.
But then, like the Massimo Alba suits
he wears in the film, a DB5 helps. >>04-20CarsBond_3432424.indd 93 06/02/2020 10:59
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