Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Ian Fleming released the James Bond novel “Goldfinger” in 1959, and after the success of the first two Bond films there was interest in turning it into a film. In the Goldfinger book, James Bond drove an Aston Martin DB Mark III, but the film’s special effects designer, John Stears, wanted something more modern. Specifically, the new Aston Martin DB5.

Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfinger_%28novel%29
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martin_DB5
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stears
independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-john-stears-1107368.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_with_the_Golden_Gun_(film)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Russia_with_Love_(film)
hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/history-of-james-bond-aston-martin-db5-most-famous-car-in-the-world
007.com/the-history-of-corgi-and-007

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