If you had $13,000 to spend on a new car for model year 1964 (that's about $133,650 in 2025 money), why would you have bought a new Aston Martin DB5? Not because James Bond drove one, because ...

Surprisingly, the Aston Martin DB5 isn't as fast as one would assume a superspy's car to be, which is probably why Q upgraded Bond's ride to include machine guns, a bullet shield, and a smoke screen.