Some guys get so into their favourite car, they can’t even contemplate driving anything else. You know who we’re talking about. The Mustang guy who’d rather drive a pink Prius than a Camaro, or the BMW nut who looks at you like you’re a nut when you suggest they try a C-Class Benz.
But suppose you’re an eccentric millionaire sort, and are obsessed with the classic Aston Martin DB5 coupe of James Bond fame. What’s a guy like you supposed to do when you want to catch some rays, or need to go to the antique store to pick up a vintage dresser?
The solution is to seek out the full family of DB5s: the coupe, convertible and super-rare shooting brake. But these cars aren’t exactly hanging around on every used car lot, particularly in extra-speedy Vantage spec. In fact, only one of the 11 DB5s was given the wagon-body makeover by coachbuilder Harold Radford & Sons back in the 1960s was a Vantage.
But now classic Aston Martin dealer Nicholas Mee is giving Aston buffs a chance to add an instant DB5 family to their garage by buying all three at once.
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The convertible and coupe aren’t quite as rare as the shooting brake, but they’re still extremely exclusive. Aston built 5 DB5 Vantage convertibles and 60 coupes, each gaining a claimed 40 hp over the stock 282 hp 4.0-liter DB5, and capable of zero to 60 mph in around 6.5 seconds.
The three cars were collected by the seller over a 12-year period and each has been restored to as-new condition. They’re due to be shown for the first time in public at the annual London Concours event over three days, starting on June 8, after which you can show them off to your neighbors if you’re prepared to part with £4 million ($5.6 million).
That’s a big chunk of change. But given that one of the non-Vantage shooting brakes sold for almost $2 million two years ago, is probably worth more now, and this one is much more exclusive, in the crazy world of seven-figure classics this collection probably represents pretty solid value.
