Chassis DB5/2017/R was one of four DB5s built in period to Q-branch specification for Eon Productions. The first pair (DP/2161/1 and DB5/1486/R) were used in the making of the 1964 smash…
Read MoreAfter a brief dalliance with Lotus in The Spy Who Loved Me and For Your Eyes Only, EON Productions decided upon a return to Aston Martin for the 15th James Bond movie, The Living Daylights. At the…
Read MoreSoon after Aston Martin had unveiled the DB5 at the London Motor Show in October 1963, movie producers Harry Saltzman and Albert ‘Cubby’ Broccoli approached the company about the loan of…
Read MoreAs its DP chassis moniker would suggest, DP/2161/1 began life as an Aston Martin Design Prototype. It initially emerged from the Newport Pagnell factory as a Fiesta Red DB4 Series 5 with black…
Read MoreThe World Is Not Enough was the 19th film in the James Bond franchise and the third to start Pierce Brosnan as secret agent 007. The plot saw Bond assigned to protect the daughter of an oil magnate…
Read MoreChassis DB5/2008/R was one of four DB5s built in period to Q-branch specification for Eon Productions. The first two examples (DP/2161/1 and DB5/1486/R) were used in the making of the 1964…
Read MoreThe Living Daylights was the 15th film in the James Bond franchise and the first to star Timothy Dalton as Roger Moore’s replacement. Unlike Moore’s light-hearted style, Dalton successfully…
Read MoreWhen Lotus launched the Esprit Turbo, it was initially only available in Essex Commemorative trim. The Essex Overseas Petroleum Company, run by David Thieme, had become title sponsor of the…
Read MoreIn 1980, the Essex Overseas Petroleum Company became title sponsor of the Lotus F1 team. As part of the deal, the brand new Esprit Turbo was initially launched exclusively in Essex Commemorative…
Read MoreFor Your Eyes Only was the twelfth James Bond film and the fifth to feature Roger Moore as secret agent, 007. Director, John Glen, replaced Lewis Gilbert and the movie’s tone was refreshingly serious…
Read MoreReleased on December 22nd 1964, Goldfinger was the third movie in the James Bond franchise. It centred around gold-smuggler, Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe) who sought to massively increase the…
Read MoreThe Spy Who Loved Me was the tenth James Bond film and the third to star Roger Moore as British secret agent, 007. It was also the first official Bond picture not to be produced by the original…
Read MoreYou Only Live Twice was the fifth James Bond movie and was set largely in Japan. Bond was once again played by Sean Connery and the plot for this latest adventure involved the terrorist…
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