Special Feature

Aston Martin DB2/4 MkIII

Sean Smith

We all remember James Bond driving a DB5 in Goldfinger and a DBS in In Her Majesty’s Secret Service and a V8 in The Living Daylights and—perish the thought—a BMW in Goldeneye, but they got back on track with a DBS V12 in Casino Royale.

The genesis of the Aston Martin as Bond’s car of choice was in the book Goldfinger. Bond was offered the choice of a 3.4 Jaguar or a DB 2/4 MkIII Aston from the motor pool. Both would have fit his undercover assignment, but the Aston had switches to change the color of the headlights, reinforced bumpers and a secret hiding spot under the driver’s seat for a long-barreled Colt 45.

Main Topic Hubs

Join The Community

Become A Member

 

Members only$29 / year

Keep going. This is where it gets good.

Supercars.net Membership is for people who'd rather know the spec sheet by heart than skim ten headlines. The rest of this story — and every other one like it — is a few seconds away.

  • Thousands of members-only stories

    Deep dives, driven reviews and the full archive back to 2005.

  • No ads. None.

    The whole site reads like a magazine, on every device.

  • Every car, every spec

    Twenty years of models, numbers and history in one place.

  • 30% off the shop

    Every Supercars.net shirt and piece of merch, all year.

Join Supercars.net — Keep Reading

$29 a year. Cancel anytime, no hoops.
Already a member? Sign in

BY CAR PEOPLE, NOT A NAMELESS MEDIA COMPANY. Your membership keeps a small independent team that celebrates the brands and cars that defined this industry doing this.

Join — Keep Reading $29/yr