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Full-Size Cardboard Aston Martin for Papier-Mâché Bonds

Jesus Diaz — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:45:00 EDT

This Ashton Martin DB5 is a full-sized, almost-perfect reproduction of the original Bond car—down to the front-blinkers machine guns and Ben-Hurish wheels' blades—built using only cardboard and glue. It has no supporting structure, neither metal nor wood. Her Majesty's cardboard spy car was built by Chris Gilmour, who has a tendency to convert everything in 1:1 scale cardboard models, from bikes to giant strong boxes to dragsters to dentist chairs, grand pianos, and portable typewriters:

Gilmour has imposed a strict logic on his works he makes objects using only cardboard and glue. There is no supporting structure, no wooden or metal frame. His interpretations of everyday objects are created in adherence to the use of a pure and single material, but instead of the marble or bronze of classical statues, he has chosen one of the most humble and commonly found of our industrial times.

It's true: the detail and fidelity are amazing. Too bad cardboard is not rain proof, like marbel and bronze. On the positive side, knowing that Bond is a noted Dry Martini addict who crashes every single vehicle he gets his hands on, giving him a cardboard car to fight against a cardboard SPECTRE is not a bad thing at all.

[Chris Gilmour via Jalopnik]

Prince Charles' Modded Aston Martin Burns 4.5 Bottles of Wine Per Mile

Benny Goldman — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:05:00 EDT

Prince Charles has discovered the perfect use for crappy English wine: He is using it as biofuel for his classic Aston Martin DB6. The Prince converted the 38-year old car to accept ethanol to play his part in reducing carbon emissions in the UK. The wine in question is a white distilled from the excess stock of a vineyard near Swindon, Wiltshire, which has the leftover wine because of EU quota restrictions, and not because it sucks or anything. Chuck's ride gets an awfully low 10mpg, equal to 4.5bwpm (bottles of wine per mile), but it pairs nicely with his tilapia-powered subwoofer, so who's to complain? [Daily Mail via Jalopnik]

Jaeger LeCoultre Watch Unlocks Aston Martin DBS

Jason Chen — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:50:14 EDT

If buying a $332,000 Aston Martin DBS is in your budget for this year, why not spend a little more and get a $35,000 Jaeger LeCoultre wristwatch. It's not just a watch that looks great, it can actually lock, unlock and possibly activate the alarm (maybe) from a distance. Even though Bond has dabbled in BMWs lately, his heart's still with Aston Martin—except his version of the watch can drive the car, shoot missiles, electrocute sharks and orally pleasure a woman to completion. Plus, his is free. [Motor Authority via The Raw Feed]

Nokia 8800 Aston Martin Edition

Travis Hudson — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:58:28 EDT

First off, keep dreaming. This phone cost a whopping $1,640. Well, if you can afford an Aston Martin, then you could probably afford this phone. It has bundled AM screensavers and wallpapers that go along with the Vantage V8 engine revving ringtone.

For the nitty gritty, it is a tri-band GSM/GPRS device with EDGE, 1-megapixel camera, music player and a 208x262 resolution screen. This phone weighs in at 4.7 ounces which is pretty good considering the elegant stainless steel casing. It is available through Aston Martin directly.

Aston martin revs £940 Nokia 8800 handset [The Register]