Aston Martin has now started production of the promised “James Bond” spec DB5 continuation models.

Aston Martin will build 25 “James Bond” cars, which will come equipped with all of “Q”’s gadgets. Unsurprisingly, for health & safety reasons not all the gadgets will be fully functional! The cars are expected to available for delivery later next year.

Each car is said to be costing an impressive £3.3 million, and Aston Martin has found buyers for all of them. They will all be faithful reproductions of the original as far as possible but will have modern “upgrades” in appropriate areas to provide quality and reliability.

Arguably the ultimate “boys’ toy”, one slight drawback, however, is that they will not be road legal….