On the 16th of January 2006, Aston Martin released very limited details of a new top of the range sportscar. Very little was said about the new DBS at that time except that it will be driven by James Bond 007 in the forthcoming film Casino Royale scheduled for release in the November of the same year.
The new James Bond actor, Daniel Craig, had visited the AM Gaydon factory on the 13th January 2006 and had a brief drive of a similar car, probably a DB9, as only the styling buck existed at that time.
The prototype DB9 manual was also supplied to the film crew so that the stunt drivers had something to practice with. The spectacular stunt involved the DBS swerving to avoid the Bond girl, Vesper Lynd, who was tied up and left on a country road at night in Montenegro.
Aston Martin have retained one of the hero cars and also the second DBS that achieved the world record for barrel rolls. They were both shown at the Kensington Palace Centenary Celebration during July 2013.
For the first real take, the stunt DBS was driven at 70 mph upto a taller 18 inch ramp but again, the car took off but landed back on all four wheels.
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