Job 1 is done. The first Aston Martin DB5 “Goldfinger” Continuation car has been completed. It’s the first new DB5 to be built by Aston Martin in more than half a century.

Production is limited to a run of 25 models in association with the producers of the James Bond films, EON Productions. The first car took approximately 4,500 hours to construct. Originally, just 900 saloon examples of the DB5 were built between 1963 to 1965. Bond drove one in “Goldfinger”.

Each of the new models will be known as a continuation car, built to appear like the one Sean Connery drove as Bond, and feature a broad suite of working gadgets first seen on screen in the 1964 film. They are priced at £2.75 million, plus taxes.

According to a release, “Each of the 25 new cars is being built to the highest possible quality using a blend of Sir David Brown-era old world craftsmanship, with the sympathetic application of modern engineering advancements and performance enhancements, alongside the integration of cutting-edge gadgets developed in association with Chris Corbould OBE, the special effects supervisor who has worked on more than a dozen Bond films.”

The exterior features a rear smoke screen delivery system, rear simulated oil slick delivery system, front and rear revolving number plates, simulated twin front machine guns, bullet resistant rear shield, front and rear battering rams, simulated tire slasher, removable passenger seat roof panel (optional).

Additionally, the cabin includes a simulated radar screen tracker map, telephone in the driver’s door, gear knob actuator button, armrest and centre console-mounted switchgear, under-seat hidden weapons/storage tray, and remote control for gadget activation.

All the DB5 “Goldfinger” Continuation cars are being built to one exterior color specification – Silver Birch paint – just like the original.

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The cars feature original DB5 styled aluminum exterior body panels and a mild steel chassis. Under the hood lives a 4.0-liter inline six-cylinder engine, three carburetors, and oil cooler. The power plant achieves 290 bhp and is paired with a five-speed ZF manual transmission. It also has a mechanical limited slip differential.

Additional equipment is very much of the car’s original production time. There are Servo-assisted hydraulic Girling-type steel disc brakes, rack and pinion steering – which does not feature assistance – and a suspension set-up comprising coil over spring and damper units with anti-roll bar at the front, and a live axle rear suspension with radius arms and Watt’s linkage.

First deliveries of the DB5 Goldfinger Continuation to customers have commenced and will continue through the second half of 2020.