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0Report: Daniel Craig nets $1M to show up at Land Rover NY, leaves quickly [w/videos] 1364569200
The New York Post reports actor Daniel Craig pocketed a cool $1 million to appear at a the New York Auto Show on behalf of Land Rover this week, despite staying at the function only briefly. The actor appeared at the Skylight at Moynihan Station on Tuesday, and was shown in a video driving the ...
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Auctions: Aston Martin DB5 stunt doubles in Skyfall created by 3D printers 1353018660
This is a spoiler alert: stop reading now if you haven't seen Skyfall and don't want to know anything about it. There are five major stars in Skyfall, only four of them human. The fifth is the Aston Martin DB5 that makes a return to the series as a gadget car for the first time since ...
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ETC: Infographic: Which James Bond vehicles contributed most to box office bottom lines? 1353005940
Skyfall, the latest in the Bond franchise, killed it at the US box office on opening weekend, it's $88.4-million haul more than doubling the second-highest-grossing film. Mostly sticking to the best of British, the film's protagonists spend a lot of time with a Jaguar XJ, a Range Rover Sport ...
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Video: Relax and enjoy this epic Bond chase/crash promo 1347467460
The next installment in the Bond franchise, Skyfall, is on the way in six weeks. The Aston Martin DB5 is back and the Honda motorcycles used in the film are already in the British Motor Museum tucked in with the 50 Years of Bond exhibit. And now this: UK satellite channel Sky is launching a Sky ...
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Video: Bond film director talks about return of Aston Martin DB5 1343077140
The coming Bond film Skyfall has gathered a monumental cast behind the camera, with American Beauty and Road to Peridition director Sam Mendes at the helm and Jarhead and No Country for Old Men cinematographer Roger Deakins at the cameras. In the latest videoblog for the production, Medes and ...
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Official: Honda is James Bond's two-wheeler of choice in Skyfall [w/video] 1342535340
Compared to his variety in cars, James Bond doesn't often throw a leg over a motorcycle. Yet this year's Skyfall, due in October, will mark the second time in as many movies that Bond has tangled with the bad guys on two wheels. This time, though, EON Productions has partnered with Honda so ...
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Report: Former Stig signs on as Bond stunt driver 1336654680
Ben Collins is staying busy. The former Stig has once again returned to stunt driving, this time for the upcoming James Bond film Skyfall. According to The Mirror, Collins has been spotted filming in Istanbul, where he took the wheel to ram a Land Rover into an Audi during a crash scene. The ...
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Infographic lays out all of 007's vehicles 1335049260
James Bond has driven a lot of noteworthy vehiclesover the course of his long, fictitious career in Her Majesty's secret service: Bentleys, Aston Martins, Lotuses, BMWs... and those are just the cars. There've been countless motorcycles, tanks and trucks as well. And in between high-speed chases ...
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Report: Aston Martin DB5 rejoining James Bond franchise for Skyfall 1329231480
James Bond has driven a lot of fine machinery over the years. And most of them have been Aston Martins. But few have been as iconic – or as constant – as the classic DB5. The iconic Aston first appeared – complete with machine guns, revolving license plate, ejector seat and ...
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Report: India asks director to rewrite illegal James Bond movie scene 1316174340
Daniel Craig will be returning to the big screen as James Bond in the as-yet-unnamed 23rd film in the series. Production has taken the crew to India, where a scene involving Bond, a motorcycle and a train reportedly has to be rewritten. Originally, the scene called for Bond to jump a motorcycle ...
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Infographic: A history of James Bond's famous cars 1314651360
James Bond and Aston Martin go together like a tuxedo and a license to kill, but everyone's favorite international man of mystery has been behind the wheel of more than just British sports cars during his long and sordid career. The good people at CarBuzz have worked up a lengthy infographic ...
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World's largest James Bond car collection coming together next year at British museum 1313418720
Over the past half-century, James Bond has driven a wide variety of vehicles. (Okay, so most of them have been Aston Martins. The point is there's been a lot of them.) And while the occasional former Bond vehicle may pop up at auction every now and then, seeing more than one or two in the same ...
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Bentley builds a bespoke Bond book 1304078220
While you might associate James Bond with Aston Martin, it's been a few years since we've seen 007 piloting his DBS on the silver screen. And it'll be at least another year until the 23rd Bond film makes its debut, if not longer. In between, fans can keep up on the spy's adventures through the ...
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Bond back in a Bentley for Carte Blanche 1297429080
Jeffery Deaver & the Bentley Continental GT in Dubai – Click above for high-res image galleryWhat do Pierce Brosnan, Roger Moore, Sean Connery and Daniel Craig all have in common? Well aside from the fact that they all played James Bond on the big screen, they're all rather ... -
BAIC launches 007 SUV, James Bond shaken and stirred 1295046000
BAIC 007 Sport Utility Vehicle – Click above for high-res image galleryIt may have his code number on it, but we highly doubt that James Bond would be caught driving the BAIC 007 SUV. The Chinese automaker is reportedly getting ready to launch the somewhat dowdy compact sport utility ... -
James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 sells for $4.6 million 1288220280
James Bond's 1964 Aston Martin DB5 – Click above for high-res image galleryAt least one lucky bidder has reason to celebrate today after managing to win a 1964 Aston Martin DB5 that was famously used in two classic James Bond movies, Goldfinger and Thunderball. May we suggest marking the ... -
A behind-the-scenes look inside the BMW Classic warehouse 1288205880
BMW Classic in Munich – Click above for high-res image galleryLocated just a short distance from the BMW Museum and Welt (famous as the company's European delivery center) in Munich, Germany, is BMW Classic. According to the German automaker, "BMW Classic coordinates all activities that ... -
Aston Martin recalls 2007-2008 V8 Vantage, DBS, DB9 models over suspension fear 1286402280
2008 Aston Martin DBS – Click above for high-res image galleryThe National Highway Traffic Safety Adminstration has issued a recall for select Aston Martins. If you own a V8 Vantage, DB9 or DBS produced during the 2007 and 2008 model years, you should head on in to your local dealership. A ... -
Reunion for four of Bond's Astons planned at Stoke Park Club 1276088340
Four of Agent 007's Aston MartinsBefore the original Aston Martin DB5 Bond-mobile goes on the auction block this Fall, it and three other Astons from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s will get together for a party in the UK. The DBS, Vanquish, and V8 Vantage Volante from Quantum of Solace, Die Another ... -
James Bond's 1964 Aston Martin DB5 expected to top $5 Million at auction 1275504960
James Bond's 1964 Aston Martin DB5 – Click above for high-res image mega galleryThe mantle of "world's most famous car" is a heavy one indeed. But if any single automobile ever created deserved the honorific, surely it's the 1964 Aston Martin DB5 used on-screen in the production of the ...

