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Added by 009- Aston Martin DB5 - Featured primarily in Goldfinger. The most famous Bond car of all, it came with all the usual Q refinements that have been copied from movie to movie including bulletproof front and rear panels, oil slick, smoke screen, machine guns, rotating license plates, telescoping tire slashers, tracer receiving console and most famously, the passenger ejector seat. The ejector seat would be used again in the film Die Another Day in an Aston Martin V12 Vanquish. While being the most recognized Bond car, it's actually only been featured in four films (Goldfinger, Thunderball, GoldenEye, and a small appearance in Tomorrow Never Dies). In the novelization of GoldenEye it is stated that Bond purchased the DB5 as his own personal vehicle. The DB5 also made cameo appearances in the comedy film, Cannonball Run, driven by Roger Moore's character, and in the TV-film The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E., George Lazenby, playing a Bond-like character referred to as "JB", drives a DB5 (with the license plate "JB"). Subsequently, Timothy Dalton is the only official Bond actor who has never driven one on screen. The most recent appearance of the vehicle was in the 2004 film, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers in which Geoffrey Rush, playing Sellers, is shown driving one at the time of making Casino Royale, even though in real life that film did not feature the vehicle.
- Aston Martin DB Mark III - Bond drives a DB Mark III, which is referred to as a "DB III" in the novel Goldfinger. The "DB3" was a car designed specifically for racing and is unlikely that Bond would drive one. The DB Mark III is often called the DB III and is more comparable to its description in Fleming's novel. This car was the only gadget-laden vehicle to be mentioned in the original Bond novels, though Fleming generally avoided gadgetry in his books. It included switches to alter the type of color of the front and rear lights, reinforced steel bumpers, a Colt .45 pistol in a trick compartment under the driver's seat, and a homing device similar to the DB5 in the film.
- Aston Martin DBS - Featured in the movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The car was seen in only four scenes, including the pre-credits teaser and as James & Tracy's wedding car. Nothing is known about what kind of gadgets were installed, except that it had a hiding place for a sniper rifle in the glovebox. Obviously - given what happens at the end of that movie - it was not fitted with bulletproof glass.
- Aston Martin V8 Vantage Volante - Featured in the movie The Living Daylights. A convertible later "winterised" with a hardtop. Came with all the usual refinements including side skis, spiked tires, missiles, lasers, rocket propulsion and could self-destruct when armed.
- Aston Martin V12 Vanquish, or, as Q Branch likes to call it, the "Vanish." - Featured in the movie Die Another Day. The car is equipped with all the usual refinements including front-firing rockets, hood-mounted target-seeking guns, and passenger ejector seat that was a homage to original Aston Martin DB5 that Bond drove in. The car was also equipped with a cloaking device, that allowed it to become invisible at the push of a button.