With 25 continuation examples of the Aston Martin DB5 being built at the Newport Pagnell Works department, with both Aston itself and film company EON Productions involved, you know there's going to be a heavy James Bond theme involved. And so it will be: these 25 cars, which can't be road-legal (for reasons that will soon become obvious), are having their final Q-branch gadgets fitted, to mimic the film car which appeared in 1964's Goldfinger. Chris Corbould, a special effects supervisor on the Bond films, is in charge of parts of this process and he said: "The main challenge has been to recreate the gadgets from the film world and transfer them into a consumer product. We have licence in the film world to 'cheat' different aspects under controlled conditions. For instance, we might have four different cars to accommodate four different gadgets. We obviously don't have that luxury on these DB5s, as all the gadgets have to work in the same car all the time." The continuation Bond DB5s will have a rear smoke-screen delivery system, a simulated oil-slick delivery system, revolving number plates front and rear (three plates), simulated twin front machine guns, a bullet-resistant rear shield, battering rams front and rear, a simulated radar screen tracker map within, a telephone in the driver's door, the famous gear knob actuator button, armrest- and centre console-mounted switchgear, an under-seat hidden weapons/storage tray, and an optional ejector seat teaser. Corbould added: "My involvement has chiefly been with the front guns, smoke-screen and oil-slick gadgets, with Aston Martin engineers producing the other items." Each DB5 continuation will cost £2.75 million plus taxes and will be finished in the only colour permissible - Silver Birch paint, obvs.