007 to stick with Aston Martin

DETROIT: He has a license to kill ��� and a license to drive.
In the course of his career, James Bond has driven a Lotus Esprit Turbo that could self-destruct, a machine-gun equipped BMW 750 iL and even a three-wheeled Honda rickshaw.
But the next time out, 007 is going back to Aston Martin, the British luxury automaker that provided his first ride in 1964���s Goldfinger.


An Aston Martin DBS will be James Bond���s car of choice in the upcoming film, Casino Royale, scheduled for release later this year, the car maker said on Wednesday.
English actor Daniel Craig, who will play Bond, visited the Aston Martin headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire, last week to check out his new ride, according to the automaker, which is owned by Ford Motor Company.
Details of the car used in the film were being kept secret.


"It is great news that Bond will drive an Aston Martin again and we have built him something special to enable him to do his job in style," said Aston Martin���s chairman and chief executive officer Ulrich Bez.
The last Bond film, 2002���s Die Another Day, included Aston Martin���s flagship model, the Vanquish.