Aston Martin DB5 “No Time To Die” stunt automotive sells for $3.1M

An Aston Martin DB5 stunt automotive from the 2021 James Bond movie “No Time To Die” offered for two.9 million British kilos (roughly $3.1 million) this week at a Christie’s charity public sale.

Proceeds from the DB5 public sale will profit a number of charities, together with the The Prince’s Belief, The Prince of Wales’ Charitable Fund, and three charities supporting veterans of the U.Okay. Particular Forces.

Aston constructed eight DB5 replicas for filming of “No Time To Die,” every for a particular stunt or shot (two unique vehicles had been additionally used). This specific automotive is full of devices, together with a rotating license plate, headlights that retract to disclose Gatling weapons, and a bomb launcher. The replicas use bespoke space-frame chassis and carbon-fiber bodywork.

The DB5 starred in a memorable chase scene early within the film the place Bond does donuts in an Italian sq. and mows down the dangerous guys with the automotive’s hid weapons. Rally driver Mark Higgins carried out that stunt, standing in for Bond actor Daniel Craig.

A 1981 Aston Martin V8 pushed by Craig in “No Time To Die” was offered on the identical public sale. Whereas the DB5 references early Bond films “Goldfinger” and “Thunderball,” the later V8 is just like the automotive utilized in 1987’s “The Residing Daylights.” The “No Time To Die” automotive offered for roughly $397,700, with proceeds going to the United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN’s refugee company.

Along with the 2 Astons, Jaguar XF, Land Rover Defender 110, and Land Rover Vary Rover Sport SVR, “No Time To Die” stunt vehicles had been among the many vehicular tons on the charity public sale.