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James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 Sells at Auction £2.9 Million

Kelly Brockwell — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:05:21 +0000

The auction held by RM Auctions was won by an American businessman named Yeaggy. He paid $4.59 Million Dollars or £2.9 Million Sterling for the car.

He also receives a 7 night stay for 10 guests in the new Goldeneye Resort Jamaica, which is owned by the James Bond author; Ian Fleming.
In addition to this, he will have a custom suit made with gold thread from the London Savile Row tailors Gieves & Hawkes.

Yeaggy is the second owner of the famous car, it was originally purchased direct from Aston Martin by Jerry Lee for $12,000 US Dollars in 1969.

Jerry is an American radio presenter based in Philadelphia.

The DB5 is one of two cars used in the Bond films Thunderball and Goldfinger, and is the only one in existence.
The Aston comes with all the Q gadgets used in the films.

These not so common extras include a smoke screen, nail and Oil spreaders, removable roof panel, revolving number plates, tracking device, bullet proof shield and of course machine guns. Most of the gadgets are working, obviously the guns are replicas.

Jerry Lee plans to use the proceeds for charity’s.

2011 Jaguar XE the new style E-Type

Kelly Brockwell — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:54:53 +0000

The Jaguar XE is set to be a great new addition to the Jaguar stable; it is due to be shown at the 2011 Geneva motor show.

Some rumours are naming the XE as the E-type successor and it’s thought to be aimed at the Porsche Boxster / Cayman arena.

A sporty two-seater designed to fit between the XK and the XF. The new chassis will be constructed using a lightweight alloy which in the future may be the replacement for the XF, XK and XJ models.

Power
Under the bonnet they will be using V6 engines with the supercharged version turning out 350bhp. The XE’s 0-60 is yet to be confirmed.

Jaguar boss Mike O’Driscoll said:
“We have a great desire to build this car.”

The New Mercedes SLS Roadster 2011 Preview

Kelly Brockwell — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:14:19 +0000

This photo of the new SLS beauty has leaked from Germany, giving a good idea of the fine styling. Its going to be front / mid engined AMG 6.3 V8 beast, the same as the coupe, which will develop 571 hp and up to 650Nm torque.

The gearing will be a seven speed duel clutch automatic system. The performance will be phenomenal just like the coupe, with a top speed of 195 mph and a naughty 3.8 second hop skip and jump from 0-60.

They have decided not to have the gullwing doors, the overall styling is very similar with the long bonnet and short back end. It will come with a canvas electric roof with a glass panel in the back.