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![A Silver Birch Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger Continuation, front three-quarter view on a silver field with crossing light beams](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/astonmartin-db5-goldfinger-continuation/hero-wide-2560.jpg)

# DB5 Goldfinger Continuation

The film car, rebuilt

This is not an original 1960s DB5 or a road car. Aston Martin Works built 25 at Newport Pagnell, integrating devices divided among screen effects cars. Factory authorship, the small run and complete gadget system define it.

2020 to 2022 · 25 customer cars · Newport Pagnell

## The price and the proof

Indicative road-car band $1M–$1.5M. Modeled values are not observed sales. Nothing here is investment advice.

Confidence: estimate. No completed public auction sale was found. The band follows RM Sotheby's $1.0m to $1.5m presale estimate for its August 2026 Monterey consignment, checked against the £2.75m-plus-tax factory launch price. It is an estimate, not a transaction-derived valuation.

USD. Off-road legal status and jurisdiction-specific handling of the gadget systems narrow the buyer pool.

£2.75m plus taxes at launch; $1.0m to $1.5m current presale estimate.

Valuation method and source rules: [HICONIUM standards](https://hiconium.dev/standards). Observed auction results across the wider market: [Market terminal](https://hiconium.dev/market).

### Model readouts

Synthetic model · insufficient ledger. model v1 · seed astonmartin-db5-goldfinger-continuation. Compound annual growth is modeled price CAGR; S&P 500 is a price index without dividends. Forecast quantiles are not investment advice.

| Window | This car* | S&P 500 | Gold |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1Y | +6.5% | +18.8% | +21.9% |
| 5Y | +4.4% | +11.4% | +17.6% |
| 10Y | +4.3% | +13.3% | +11.8% |

| Series | Deepest drawdown | Window |
| --- | --- | --- |
| This car* | -6.3% | Nov 2021 → Oct 2022 · recovered Dec 2023 |
| S&P 500 | -20.3% | Dec 2021 → Oct 2022 · recovered Dec 2023 |
| Gold | -18.9% | Feb 2026 → Jul 2026 · not recovered |

| Horizon | P10 | P50 | P90 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| +6M | $1'150'942 | $1'254'568 | $1'367'525 |
| +12M | $1'154'450 | $1'285'118 | $1'430'575 |
| +24M | $1'163'191 | $1'348'467 | $1'563'254 |

### Documented sales

Every public sale on this file, newest first. Amounts keep the recorded currency. Source links appear only when the catalog stores a public auction-lot URL.

The 2026 RM Sotheby's lot was upcoming when researched and is not recorded as a sale.

## A continuation sanctioned by both Works and EON

Aston Martin and EON Productions announced 25 customer cars, all in Silver Birch and all built at Aston Martin Works in Newport Pagnell. The stated price was £2.75 million plus taxes.

Bond special-effects supervisor Chris Corbould led the transfer of the screen devices into one repeatable customer package. The exterior systems included revolving plates, a smoke screen, a simulated oil slick, deployable gun replicas, rams and a bullet-resistant rear shield.

The first customer car was completed in July 2020 after roughly 4'500 hours. Deliveries began in 2020 and the assignment records the programme through 2022.

| Highlight | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| One car carries every effect | The revolving plates, smoke screen, simulated oil system, rising rear shield, bumper rams and simulated guns operate from one car. Film production could split those functions among separate props; the continuation could not. Chris Corbould's effects team replaced dangerous screen methods with controlled hardware. The oil system dispenses a simulated medium, and the machine guns use light and sound rather than projectiles. |
| New metal, old method | Aston Martin Works formed aluminium DB5 panels over a mild-steel chassis at Newport Pagnell. The first customer car consumed about 4'500 hours. The programme used a new-build chassis and engine, not a donor DB5. That distinction should remain explicit in any title, insurance schedule or collection inventory. |
| No registration shortcut | Aston Martin states that the Goldfinger Continuation is not road legal. Ownership therefore centres on private-road operation, display and preservation of the gadget system. Jurisdiction, transport and storage matter before purchase: its simulated weapons and fluid systems add handling constraints beyond those of a conventional continuation car. |

| Label | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Built | 25 customer cars |
| Launch price | £2.75m plus taxes |
| Power | ~290 bhp |
| Body | Hand-formed aluminium |
| Gadgets | EON-developed |
| Legal status | Off-road use |

## Technical specifications

### Powertrain

| Label | Value | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Engine | 3'995 cc inline six | six-plug head, three SU carburettors and oil cooler |
| Power | In the order of 290 bhp | Aston Martin factory figure |
| Gearbox | 5-speed ZF manual |  |
| Differential | Mechanical limited-slip |  |
| Drive | Rear-wheel drive |  |

### Structure and controls

| Label | Value | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Body | DB5-style aluminium panels | over a mild-steel chassis structure |
| Steering | Unassisted rack and pinion |  |
| Brakes | Servo-assisted Girling-type steel discs |  |
| Front suspension | Coil-over spring and damper | with anti-roll bar |
| Rear suspension | Live axle | radius arms and Watt's linkage |

## The people behind the car

### [Chris Corbould](https://hiconium.dev/people/chris-corbould)

Gadget development and special-effects supervision · EON Productions

Translated the Goldfinger devices into repeatable, customer-operated systems, with particular responsibility for the simulated guns, smoke screen and oil-slick effect.

### [Marek Reichman](https://hiconium.dev/people/marek-reichman)

Chief Creative Officer · Aston Martin

![Portrait of Marek Reichman](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/astonmartin-db5-goldfinger-continuation/people/marek-reichman.jpg)

Helped lead the shaping of the new-build DB5 and the integration of its continuation details.

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