Aston Martin DB5

The standard DB5 used three SU carburettors and carried a factory output of about 282 bhp.

The DB5’s 4.0-litre engine belonged to the straight-six family designed by Polish engineer Tadek Marek.

The DB5 was the first road-going Aston Martin to use the 4.0-litre version of the twin-cam straight-six engine.

Aston Martin quoted a top speed exceeding 150 mph for the DB5, making it a very fast grand tourer for its era.

Original DB5s were built at Aston Martin’s Newport Pagnell works in Buckinghamshire.

Aston Martin states that fewer than 900 DB5 saloon examples were built between 1963 and 1965.

In 2020 Aston Martin resumed DB5 construction at Newport Pagnell for the Goldfinger Continuation series, 55 years after original production ended.

The 1964 film Goldfinger was the first James Bond production to feature the Aston Martin DB5.

The DB5 was introduced in September 1963 as the successor to the DB4.

The DB5’s elegant body styling was created by the Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera.