aston martin British manufacturer of luxury cars

Aston Martin was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martinand Robert Bamford. The two had joined forces as Bamford & Martin the previous year to sell cars made by Singer from premises in Callow Street, London where they also serviced GWK and Calthorpe vehicles. Martin raced specials at Aston Hill near Aston Clinton, and the pair decided to make their own vehicles. The first car to be named Aston Martin was created by Martin by fitting a four-cylinder Coventry-Simplex engine to the chassis of a 1908 Isotta-Fraschini.
They acquired premises at Henniker Place in Kensington and produced their first car in March 1915. Production could not start because of the outbreak of World War I, and Martin joined the Admiralty and Bamford the Royal Army Service Corps. All machinery was sold to the Sopwith Aviation Company.
Author Ian Fleming gave his James Bond hero a DB Mark III in the seventh novel, Goldfinger. A long association between 007 and the marque began on screen with the silver DB5 that appears in Goldfinger (1964) and Thunderball (1965). This was James Bond's company car, and in GoldenEye (1995) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) appeared to have become his private car. In On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) a metallic-green DBS appears at the beginning and end of the movie. After an interlude with Lotus, Aston Martins were again used: a charcoal-grey V8 Volante and Vantage in The Living Daylights (1987). After switching to BMW for several films, the Vanquish appeared in Die Another Day (2002). In Casino Royale (2006), James Bond drives both the classic DB5 which becomes his personal vehicle after winning a poker game, and the new DBS which is revealed to be his new company car.
Tippi Hedren's character in the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds drove a silver Aston Martin DB2/4 drophead coupe (convertible).
A silver/grey convertible DB4 was driven by Michael Caine's character in the original 1969 version of The Italian Job.
A Bahama Yellow Aston Martin DBS is driven by Sir Roger Moore in the 1971 TV series The Persuaders!. A DBS V8 was to be used in the series, however no V8 car was ready, so a six-cylinder DBS was modified and badged to look like a DBS V8 for use in the show.
A DBS and V8 Vantage Roadster is featured in the Aston Martin Music (2010) music video, which was produced by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League. The song was recorded by rapper Rick Ross and featured rapper Drake and singer Chrisette Michele.
In the movie Cars 2, the character Finn McMissile is an anthropomorpic Aston Martin DB5. Finn is portrayed as a car version of the James Bond roles of Sean Connery, who drove a DB5 in the James Bond movies.

aston martin

aston martin

aston martin

aston martin

aston martin