In The Living Daylights, the Aston Martin is supposedly a ‘winterised’ version of a convertible Vantage Volante seen earlier in the film.
The self-destruct system is used in a key scene, though Aston Martin fans can breathe a sigh of relief - the car blown up was a fiberglass model.Īpart from the more muscular frontal styling and V8 engine, the AM V8 was virtually unchanged from the DBS James Bond drove in 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Two heat seeking missiles concealed behind fog lights Side-mounted retractable outriggers for use on snow and ice
The Aston Martin AM V8 was kitted out with more gadgets than the DB5 first seen in Goldfinger: With the introduction of new James Bond Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights, the producers brought back Aston Martin after an 18 year hiatus.
