Bond fan buys totaled Aston for $120k over list
The people behind the latest Bond films seem to have a knack for destroying perfectly good Aston Martin DBSs. First they rolled one (repeatedly) in shooting Casino Royale. Never missing an opportunity to total a perfectly good Aston, they crashed another one in a rock quarry for the opening sequence of the upcoming Quantum of Solace sequel, but not before a factory test driver tanked another one into Lake Garda in northern Italy. And while you might figure a totaled Aston would, naturally, be worth less than a new one, you've evidently underestimated the clout of the 007 mystique.
Daniel Craig, the latest actor to take up the James Bond mantle, has revealed that the tanked DBS was extracted from the Italian lake and sold to a collector for an outrageous £200,000, some 60,000 thousand pounds sterling more than the £134k price of a brand new (and functional) example of the top-of-the-line British supercar. Somebody evidently needs to explain to said collector that the DBS in question was not a working example of the submersible Lotus from For Your Eyes Only. Rinspeed's got that one covered.
[Source: What Car?]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
cavediver 8:07PM (10/13/2008)
This is just more proof that lots of money has no direct relationship to lots of brains.
Reply
Ford Wannup 8:38PM (10/13/2008)
And coming up with overused cliche statement such as yours is proof of...?
The guy has money to spare...he's a collector. When collecting, everything becomes subjective.
Reader 1:28AM (10/14/2008)
Money is meant to bring utility. If you have enough money, utility is covered and all that's left is to use it to bring happiness. If this 120k brings him more happiness than buying a new suit, or even a new car, then more power to him.
The funny thing is that it's quite possible this car will depreciate less than if it was new.
Jrejre 8:05PM (10/13/2008)
For only 20k over sticker I would've drove one into the water for him.
Reply
B 8:16PM (10/13/2008)
Not to nit-pick...
Ahem.
But, as a fellow Bond fan...I have to point out that the submersible Lotus Esprit was in "The Spy Who Loved Me".
no biggie
Reply
B 8:19PM (10/13/2008)
...and NO.
I'm not the guy who bought the Aston.
;-)
Harrison 11:42PM (10/13/2008)
Yeah, the "car of the film" for For Your Eyes Only would be a Citroen 2CV.
cavediver 10:05PM (10/13/2008)
So you must have bought a wrecked water logged car yourself, I'm glad you can relate to this guy.
Sandeep 9:20PM (10/13/2008)
Did the Carfax check pan out?
Reply
the other Kevin 9:23PM (10/13/2008)
Hey AB, check yourself before you wreck yourself factually. Current exchange rate puts that at only $90,000 over sticker, not $120,000.
Reply
Matt 9:35PM (10/13/2008)
Aston Martin DBS
NEW CARPET!!!!
£200,000 o.b.o.
Reply
Randy915 10:36PM (10/13/2008)
2009 Aston Martin DBS - $200,000
Drives swimmingly!!!
BlackEmblem 12:56AM (10/14/2008)
That is why you only buy used cars with CARFAX. lol
Brent Worrell 9:45PM (10/13/2008)
this is why i dont do drugs... buying a wrecked car for any price is total stupidity no matter what kind of car it is
Reply
tankd0g 9:46PM (10/13/2008)
I would be VERY interested to see what else this guy has in his collection. A dozen wrecked General Lees? What he could scrape off the bulldozer on the set of Vanishing Point? Maybe an engine less Miura P400 recovered from the bottom of a cliff?
Reply
PauloBecker 9:48PM (10/13/2008)
Actually, the submersible Lotus was not in For Your Eyes Only - it was in The Spy Who Loved Me.
Reply
Mobius_1 10:11PM (10/13/2008)
My god, I can't wait to see the new Quantum of Solace film. But even then, I wouldn't buy that wreck 120k pounds over sticker, might as well buy a v8 vantage along with that shiny DBS... Damn, I wish I was that rich :P
Reply
Luis 11:34PM (10/13/2008)
@Mobius: I'd like to be that rich too...but not necessarily that stupid...
Kiiks 1:27AM (10/14/2008)
But this one is truly one-of-a-kind!
Luis 11:32PM (10/13/2008)
I can see the CARMAX commercial now...
Reply