James Bond Aston Martin DB5 expected to break records at London RM auction in October. $5-million

Pick up any car magazine that has a review of any Aston Martin, and 99.9-percent of the time it will have some reference to James Bond. 007’s association with the British luxury auto maker is so strong, it is almost impossible to have one without the other.

Most of the credit for this phenomenon comes from the car you see here; the actual 1964 Aston Martin DB5 that was used in the 1960s Bond classics Thunderball and Goldfinger.

And it’s no wonder. Aside from the DB5 just being a beautiful exotic in its own right, the movie car brought an exciting array of weapons and gadgets to the big screen.

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