4 Aston Martins to Appear in the New James Bond Movie: No Time to Die
DBS Superleggera, the DB5, V8 Vantage, and the Valhalla
Daniel Craig will return as James Bond in the film “No Time to Die, the 25th time 007 will lock horns with malefactors that threaten the world’s security.
Rami Malek will play the supervillain in the Bond 25 film. His character is described to be a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology. This comes off the back of his Oscar win for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in 2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody.
James Bond will drive four different Aston Martin models: the DB5, DBS Superleggera, Valhalla, and V8 Vantage, each of which represents a different era of the supercar from the British marque.
See if you can spot all four of James Bond‘s Astons when No Time to Die hits theaters on April 8, 2020.
Past, present and future.
To mark the 25th Bond film, #NoTimeToDie, four of our cars will be featured in the film.
From the classic DB5 and V8 Vantage, to the new DBS Superleggera and Aston Martin Valhalla, there is something for every Bond fan.#JamesBondDay@007 pic.twitter.com/cmKvswriHo
— Aston Martin (@astonmartin) October 5, 2019
The DB5 was first seen in the Bond movie: Gold Finger in 1964 and has been acquainted with 007 ever since. Re-appearing in the British spy’s movies: 1995’s Golden Eye, 2006’s Casino Royale, 2012’s Skyfall and 2015’s Spectre. Always ready to battle the coupe was equipped with an ejector seat, oil slick system, twin-mounted machine guns, and revolving license plates.
The highly modified V8 Vantage made its first Bond appearance in 1987’s The Living Daylights. Naturally, MI6’s Q-Branch had transformed it into a powerful weapon with forward-firing missiles, lasers, a self-destruct feature, and — as Car and Driver notes — a rocket booster hidden behind the rear license plate.
The inclusion of the Valhalla in No Time to Die was all but officially confirmed back in June when Aston CEO Andy Palmer retweeted a report from UK-based publication This Is Money. If—no, when—James Bond winds up in a high-speed chase, the F1-inspired coupe and its reported 1,000-plus horsepower, turbocharged V6-hybrid powertrain should give him plenty of getaway juice.
DBS debuted in 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service with half the power of the contemporary DBS Superleggera. Again, James Bond should have no problem pursuing or out-running baddies in Aston’s current 715-hp, V12-powered flagship.
