According to Christie’s, the body is modern carbon fiber underneath that classic Silver Birch paint. The engine is still a straight-six but it’s not the original DB5 engine. Rather, this one uses the 3.2-liter mill from the E46 generation of the BMW M3. A German engine in a British car? Nein, say it ain’t so.
Adding to the performance upgrades, bucket seats with racing harnesses are installed, as was a roll cage, and a hydraulic handbrake. The new owner will need the latter to mimic those epic J-turns Daniel Craig pulled off in the film when confronted with baddies. The exhaust system had also been modified to sound as close to an Aston Martin DB5 as possible.
Otherwise, the aesthetics of the car are close to immaculate. Eight replicas were built for the film, with just this one going up for sale. Perhaps that’s why Christie’s, the auction house responsible for hosting the sale, is anticipating about $2.4 million (or 2.0 million Pounds).
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