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Aston Martin & James Bond 007
Few partnerships in motoring and cinema have proven as enduring as that between Aston Martin and James Bond. When the Aston Martin DB5 appeared in the 1964 film Goldfinger, it did far more than simply provide transport for 007, it reshaped how the world saw the marque. The DB5 became an extension of Bond himself: elegant, precise, technologically sophisticated, and unmistakably British.
Over the decades that followed, this connection would ebb and return across the Bond films, but it has never truly faded. From the gadget-laden DB5 to later appearances of the V8 Vantage, DBS and modern Aston Martin models, the cars of Gaydon and Newport Pagnell have played a defining role in the visual identity of the franchise.
For Fuel the Passion, this relationship matters because it sits at the intersection of heritage, engineering, and storytelling. The cars are real machines with documented histories and craftsmanship; the films are cultural artefacts with their own production stories and mythology. Where those two worlds meet, something special happens.
The books in this section of the FTP Library explore that fascinating connection, revealing how Aston Martin and James Bond became intertwined not only on screen, but in the imagination of enthusiasts around the world.