Aston Martin revealed the 4 cars James Bond will drive in the new 007 movie
Author Dave Worrall wrote a book about the DB5 and called it "the most famous car in the world," in part because of its role in prior James Bond films.
The automaker claims the V8 Vantage was the United Kingdom's first true supercar and the fastest four-seater production car of its time.
The V8 Vantage was also featured in the 1987 film "The Living Daylights" starring Timothy Dalton as the British secret agent.
The car has a top speed of 170 mph and can hit 60 mph in 5.2 seconds. The official James Bond Twitter account has already posted a preview of Daniel Craig driving the V8 on set.
The automaker has called the DBS Superleggera, "both a shining light expressing the most beautiful automotive art and, at the same time, a dark and menacing shadow of brutal, unequivocal strength."
The 5.2-liter twin-turbo, V12 engine gives the car a horsepower of 715. It can reach 62 mph in less than 3.6 seconds and achieve a top speed of 211 mph.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the James Bond film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," Aston Martin in May released a special edition Secret Service DBS Superleggera, painted olive green to match the DBS driven by George Lazenby's "007" in the film.
Aston made 50 examples each selling for £300,007, about $368,768. The non-special edition example of the car has a starting price of $304,995.
An older version of the DBS model, the DBS V12, also featured in the 2006 film "Casino Royale" and the 2008 "Quantum of Solace", both starring Daniel Craig as James Bond.
The automaker has called the Valhalla the "son of Valkyrie," its track-focused sports car.
Valhalla is Aston Martin's first hypercar. The automaker claims that Valhalla was named after a warrior's paradise as stated in ancient Norse mythology.
The car isn't set for release until 2021, although Car and Driver estimates that it will start at $1.3 million. No more than 500 examples of the all-carbon-fiber hypercar will be built.
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