11th June 2006 - James Bond 007's new Aston Martin DBS to be launched in 2007 - reports The Times.

Fans of 007 will soon be able to get behind the wheel of their very own Bond car. Aston Martin plans to start producing the DBS, the car that will star in the forthcoming film Casino Royale. About 300 will be made and production will begin next summer.

Aston Martin says the car will contain elements of the DB9 road car and its DBR race car. It will cost between £150,000 and £170,000 — considerably more than the £107,000 price of the DB9 coupé.

Ulrich Bez, chief executive of Aston Martin, said the car would be launched at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January or at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The DBS will share the DB9’s V12 engine but exact details of the specification and performance are being kept under wraps until the launch.

“We originally developed the DBS for us rather than for Bond but the timing was right for Bond to use the car,” said Bez.

Aston Martin has been linked with James Bond ever since the DB5 was driven by Sean Connery in Goldfinger in 1964.

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