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Aston Martin V12 Vanquish, or, as the new Q likes to call it, the "Vanish." Featured in the movie Die Another Day. The car is equipped with all the usual Aston Martin V12refinements, including twin .50 Caliber Autocannons and 5 explosive rocket projectiles mounted between the 2 Autocannons behind the retractable lower portion of the main front grille, dorsal target-tracking Shotguns housed on retractable pedestals within the trademark bonnet cooling vents, spike-extending tires, an Infra-Red Search and Track System, and a passenger ejector seat in homage to the original Aston Martin DB5, but used here in a clever bit of improvisation by 007 to right the car when it's been flipped onto it's retractable roof by the proximity detonation of a Heat-Seeking Attack Missile fired from Zao's Jaguar XKR Convertible.

The Vanquish's most notable feature was an Adaptive Camouflage Cloaking System, which allowed it to become effectively invisible at the push of a button: tiny cameras mounted on the car were used to capture the image facing that side of the vehicle and project it onto the other side, making the car invisible. However, this system was susceptible to interruption by gunfire and other external impacts; it failed and required a rather lengthy amount of time to reset and re-activate after being damaged by gunfire from the Gatling Gun mounted on Zao's XKR Convertible.

Aston Martin V12 Vanquish

James Bond Die Another Day car chase


Features: Twin .50 Caliber Autocannons and 5 explosive rocket projectiles mounted between the 2 Autocannons behind the retractable lower portion of the front grille, dorsal target-tracking shotguns housed on retractable pedestals within the trademark bonnet cooling vents, spike-extending tires, an infra-red Search and track system, and a passenger ejector seat in conjunction with a fully retractable roof panel.

When was it used: Die another Day, to escape from Gustav Graves' henchmen and Zao, and rescue Jinx.

It's condition now:
-Broken front windshield.
-Numerous scratches, dents and other bodywork damage.

The standard 2002 model Aston Martin Vanquish had a 6.0-Liter 460Bhp V12 engine, and it could accelerate from 0-100Km/h in 4.6 seconds and hit a top speed of 190Mph (306Km/h). Whereas the 2006 Vanquish S and the 40 2007-2008 Vanquish S Ultimate Editions (the latter 40 limited edition cars, equipped with special metallic Black paint and exclusive wheels, were built to commemorate the end of Vanquish production and also mark the end of handbuilt Aston Martin production at the old Newport Pagnell factory when series production was shifted to the new facility at Gaydon) all had an upgraded 520Bhp version of the same 6.0-Liter V12, and they could hit 0-100Km/ in 4 seconds flat and achieve a top speed of about 200Mph (322Km/h).

However, the few 2002 Vanquishes used in the production of Die Another Day were fully stripped and modified for filming. They had their V12 engines removed and replaced with 320Bhp Ford V8 engines in order to create extra space around their engine bays to house the various prop weapons and mechanisms. They were also outfitted with custom-built four-wheel-drive systems with adjustable drive programs to facilitate more stable and predictable driving and handling on the ice and snow during filming. (All other production Vanquishes, from the original 2002 version to the final 2008 S Ultimate Edition, were rear-wheel-drive only).


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Anonymous james007theone 0 Feb 5 2009, 10:10 PM EST by Anonymous
 
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die another day its the best james bond film of course pierce its teh best actors for actor for it after he is done the jb film are going to be slow specialy if the film maker don't put the
gadgets used in the jb film like the last two movies no gadgets and thats what jb viewer are specting every time a new jb film its coming keep up with it
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JammesBond Its not bonds real car 1 Jul 17 2007, 1:53 PM EDT by alexberg
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lol its not James Bonds real car his vanquish looks way differnt (more high tech) i could get u his real one if u want and post it on another page.
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JimmyJackson It's a DB9 - not Vanquish 3 May 28 2007, 7:35 AM EDT by ks95
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They look almost identical but if you look at the seats when he's sitting inside getting his gun out of the glove box you can read DB9 embroidered on the seats (in red if I think). ALso on the DVD cut scenes when he's getting a cure for the poisoned drink
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