In a charity auction at Christie’s to celebrate 60 years of James Bond films, a replica Aston Martin DB5 stunt car featured in No Time To Die (2021) raised £2,922,000 for good causes.
One of three special Aston Martin models included in the multi-million-pound charity auction, the replica DB5 donated by Aston Martin Lagonda was the star lot on the night, accelerating beyond the auctioneer’s estimate before being sold to a telephone bidder.
This stunt car is one of eight exclusively built and engineered by Aston Martin for No Time To Die, with each car uniquely modified for their individual role on screen. The replica stunt DB5 car sold at Christie’s features operational gadgets including a rotating digital numberplate, retractable headlights, pop-out machine guns and firing prop bomblets.
In the film, the DB5 features in a thrilling opening chase sequence, driven by James Bond (Daniel Craig), with Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux) at his side, through Matera, Italy. The car demonstrates its incredible dynamic capabilities as the pair drive at high speed through the town to shake off their pursuers before Bond deploys the hidden machine guns.
The proceeds of the DB5 auction will benefit The Prince’s Trust in its work with young people; The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund in support of charities assisting serving and former members of the UK Intelligence Agencies; and three charities supporting serving and former members of the UK Special Forces.
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- Three Aston Martin models raise more than £3.5million for charities at Sixty Years of James Bond auction
- DB5 replica stunt car achieves £2.9million at Christie’s in London, benefitting The Prince’s Trust and The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund’s support of charities assisting the Intelligence Agencies and UK Special Forces
