Bond back in a special Aston Martin for next 007 film

Aston Martin officials said actor Daniel Craig, in his role as the next James Bond, legendary British secret agent, will drive an Aston in the next 007 film, “CASINO ROYALE.” The MGM/Sony movie is due for release in November, 2006. Craig visited the Aston Martin headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire, to view the featured car. While there he met chairman and CEO Dr Ulrich Bez and members of the workforce and also took the opportunity to take a short test drive in the new car.

In the true Bond tradition, full details of the car to be used in “CASINO ROYALE” are being kept secret but the company did confirm that it would be a new model called the Aston Martin DBS.

“It is great news that Bond will drive an Aston Martin again and we have built him something special to enable him to do his job in style,” Bez said.

Bond's association with Aston began in 1964 with the film “Goldfinger” when the DB5 was fitted with options such as ejector seats and rockets. The last Bond film, “Die Another Day”, featured Aston Martin’s flagship, the Vanquish.

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