{"id":140492,"date":"2026-05-27T03:21:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/pierce-brosnan-got-an-aston-martin-for-doing-die-another-day-but-all-thats-left-are-build-plaques\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T03:21:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:21:45","slug":"pierce-brosnan-got-an-aston-martin-for-doing-die-another-day-but-all-thats-left-are-build-plaques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/pierce-brosnan-got-an-aston-martin-for-doing-die-another-day-but-all-thats-left-are-build-plaques\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierce Brosnan Got an Aston Martin for Doing \u2018Die Another Day,\u2019 but All That\u2019s Left Are Build Plaques"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s hard to make a case for Die Another Day<\/em> as a great James Bond movie, but it did do one important thing for the franchise: reunite 007 and Aston Martin<\/a>. Bond actor Pierce Brosnan was so enamored with his character\u2019s new ride that he ordered one for himself. But that Aston Martin Vanquish did not live to die another day.<\/p>\n

In an Instagram reel<\/a> posted by HaphazardStuff, Brosnan explains that he asked if he could have a Vanquish during filming. A build slot was duly arranged. Brosnan said he went to the factory to see his car being assembled, and three months after filming of Die Another Day<\/em> wrapped, it was delivered to him. On February 11, 2015, a fire broke out at Brosnan\u2019s Malibu, California, house, destroying the car.<\/p>\n

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All that\u2019s left are two plaques that were affixed to the kick plates reading \u201cHand built in England for Pierce Brosnan.\u201d An ignominious end for a great machine.<\/p>\n

As featured in Die Another Day<\/em>, the original Vanquish was the capstone of Aston\u2019s 1990s resurgence under Ford<\/a> ownership. It pumped up the design language introduced with the DB7, as well as the power from Aston\u2019s 5.9-liter V12. Initial versions produced 460 horsepower and 400 pound-feet of torque, which got the Vanquish from 0 to 60 mph in 5.0 seconds and onto a top speed of 190 mph, according to Aston. The later Vanquish S (introduced in 2005) had 520 hp and 426 lb-ft. An underdeveloped paddle-shifted six-speed gearbox (essentially a manually with an electronically-actuated clutch) spoiled things a bit, but the Vanquish was still a truly desirable for a new generation.<\/p>\n

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And that was before it became a movie star. Die Another Day<\/em> was Brosnan\u2019s last Bond movie, and he\u2019d driven a BMW<\/a> in all of the others. The Vanquish not only felt right because it was an Aston, but because it was armed to the teeth with machine guns that popped out of the hood vents and rockets in the grille. It also had adaptive camouflage\u2014Q famously called it \u201cthe Vanish\u201d\u2014and the remote-control feature previously seen in Tomorrow Never Dies<\/em>. An appropriately ridiculous car chase with the baddie\u2019s Jaguar<\/a> XKR convertible on a glacier ensued. Too bad the rest of the movie wasn\u2019t as good.<\/p>\n

That car chase was filmed with four-wheel drive cars made from Vanquish body shells and Ford Explorer V8 engines and drivetrains. But some genuine Vanquishes were used as \u201chero cars\u201d for close-ups and promotions. One of those was put up for sale in 2024<\/a> with a $129,000 asking price. That\u2019s still less than a new Vanquish<\/a>, which carries on the V12 tradition and, unlike the original, is also available in convertible Volante<\/a> form. Seems like the perfect ride for whoever the next Bond turns out to be.<\/p>\n

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