Aston Martin DB5 - undeserving star or drivers car?

Everyone loves a silver birch DB5, but is this an over hyped classic GT living off its bond credentials or is it worthy of its fame? Jonty finds out!
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[@catthomas3097]

I'd honestly prefer this over a modern supercar

[@royd72]

What an absolutely jaw dropping car....

[@scd]

It’s a beauty isn’t it ❤️

[@philithegamer8265]

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[@michaelpegasiou4531]

When I was a kid in Fulham around 1976,a guy a few streets down had two,a hard top and a convertible.That was it for me,the best looking car I had ever seen.

[@djtimodj]

Amazed me to feel how well sorted this car was while shooting it! Felt tight like a new car!

[@2manycars713]

Should be after all the money that I’d spent on it haha

[@djtimodj]

@@2manycars713 even after rebuilds some cars don't feel that sorted. Hats off 👌👍

[@2manycars713]

Tim Crawford that’s because some people don’t go that extra mile haha. I’ve put 2 years for my 250 Lusso restoration.

[@scd]

2manycars that will be next level!!

[@jessicamorris4415]

Effortlessly beautiful! Looks stunning standing still and even better moving!

[@scd]

You know it! Thanks for watching 🙏

[@nicholasmeeco]

Great video chaps. Always interesting to get the view of a 1960's car from a different generation of car enthusiast.

[@SagnikSarkar-mb1oq]

06:50 you don't have to speak, your smile says it all😉❤️👍🏽

[@dotcomdudee]

Two videos in two days! Yes!

[@scd]

We trying ✌️

[@markhill9275]

Most beautiful car ever, with the most beautiful note ever! The Judith Durham of cars!

[@hasantopcu2213]

BMT216A is the number plate of it whoever is the owner :D

[@BaruKz]

Now that's a very good iconic car video. Thanks for amazing content and rare version of DB5.

[@scd]

Pleasure. Thanks for watching

[@Santos.Sarmento]

Very good video, both comprehensive and cinematic. Careful with the external and internal details, more car and less presenter. It deserves a "like".

[@scd]

Thanks for watching and commenting 🙌

[@minatormyth]

Oh yes indeed 🤗 A righteous beauty right there🥰

[@scd]

Needed a 355 chasing it down 😉

[@BotanistOnDuna]

@@scd Goldeneye spirited driving scene lol

[@rjdavies1982]

Love the fact you took it by the scruff of the neck and drove it as it should be driven!

[@zackcoppock7894]

I love driving on Cat and Fiddle Road. It’s only a 20 minute drive away from where I live. Gutted that I missed this beauty on the road

[@lavykhurana]

What a car. Timeless aged well.

[@Andoniscars]

looks very stylish

[@scd]

It’s utterly sublime 👌

[@ChrisDorgan]

“I’m not nervous at all” 😂😂 that’s how I feel trying to keep up on every SCD drive 🤪

[@ianperry9914]

A 5 needs to be on Avon Turbospeed crossply tyres to really be appreciated as a drive , 4000 miles would see a new set , times that by 20 years , cor I could have retired . Wouldnt change it for the world , thanks David Brown and all at Astons .

[@aviationlba747]

Aston Martin is the only car manufacturer who STILL consistently create works of art. All of their cars are just jaw-droppingly gorgeous (exc DBX).

[@gangstagarf]

Lol and I got a DBX ad on this video

[@aviationlba747]

@@gangstagarf Ahh haha

[@oldbenz3123]

Lovely example BUT the left spot light is wobbling loose at 7.17. Handbrake/brake fluid light is also on. Usually that is because the cork float in the master cylinder has stopped floating.

[@2manycars713]

Thanks for that, I’ll get the cork float looked at. The headlight wobbling is probably due to it being ragged about all day haha

[@oldbenz3123]

@@2manycars713 A nicely set up DB5 is a wonderful thing and yours looks lovely. I have had mine for 17 years now. If the fluid level is ok in the brake master reservoirs lift the lid assembly completely out and then put it back in and that normally allows the cork to float for a while and the light will go off....... Enjoy!

[@proffesionalretard]

No glass doors were hurt in the making of this video 👀😎😎😂

[@Jonty99]

Kerb_appeal 😂😂

[@djtimodj]

👀😂😂

[@scd]

😂😂😂

[@stevendeacy7399]

Just a minor point , with all of the engine performance upgrades it seems a shame to choke its breathing with that drilled steel cover wrapped around the air filter . It was not a standard fitting , remove it and then re-adjust the mixture in the carburettors . Then take it for another test drive. I know you will likely want to thank me 😁😁😁.

[@user-hr2zy7ct8h]

There's a company called Superformance which builds 1:1 copies of some Shelby Cobras, Ford GT40s, and a few others, they can either build you a car which is exactly like the original or upgrade it to whatever spec you want. The reason behind it is that the original cars are to expensive to be driven, not just because of the value but they are also pieces of history and the replicas only cost somewhere around 150,000$ and especially the upgraded ones are built to be driven... Do you think the DB4/DB5 should be put back into production in a similar manner? I always put them somewhere in my top 10 list of cars but judging from this review I think even if I have hundreds of millions I wouldn't buy one because I don't want a historic GT car, I reckon for the money I could buy 10 cars which are more fun to drive. But what if they start building perfect replicas and upgrade them handling and power wise or rebuilt the raceversions with some upgrades? I think it would be much more interesting than most new 200-300,000$ cars on the market but I guess it's unlikely to happen and even at "just" 200-300k$ meaning less than 20-30% of the original ones it would have to offer a lot more than the looks to make me buy one...

[@BaruKz]

It would much more affordable than the restauration itself, Like the Alfa Romeo GTV from Alfaholics. A very good restmood kind of car, I reckon it would be very much appreciated.

[@2manycars713]

Replicas though so I’d still know it was a proper original car.

[@user-hr2zy7ct8h]

@@2manycars713 From the Superformance homepage: The GT40 continuation is built to exacting standards - in fact over two thirds of the rolling chassis's parts are interchangeable with that of an original car, including the 'monocoque" style chassis. I'm not talking about replicas.

[@kentbergstrom3020]

What a beauty it is.

[@nttntjno1797]

1:04 M: "It's not very comfortable, is it?"

[@anthonygray333]

Are you going to complain the whole way?

[@sensoeirensen]

I just saw ONE on the road in my life. 2016 in Switzerland on the highway.

[@jamesstuart3346]

I'm not sure a review of a DB5 with 400,000 quid worth of modifications is really a review of a DB5.

[@waynemarlow8157]

Aww, its just a stunning DB5!

[@jeremylanier4743]

I just like the sound. If I could meet anyone famous, I would choose the DB5.

[@marts500]

one should probably wear a well cut suit while driving this motor car....otherwise you just look like you're retuning it after a service or something.

[@weaponisedpotato7352]

Luckily I have the 1/8 DeAgostini James Bond version. It's spectacular but nothing like a 1/1 version.

[@scd]

Very nice! Bet that is a beauty.

[@curlyfm]

Considering us Brits aren’t known for romance. We delivered a love note to automotive world with this one.

[@nickraja17]

It kept with ferrari 355 because it was upgraded by Q

[@pereldh5741]

Well, no-one with a brain would think it could be as fast as a F355.

[@scd]

Of course. Jonty owns a 355 too so know it better than anyone

[@recnepsgnitnarb6530]

Is it just me, or was the left side fog light loose? It looks like it was swinging side to side.

[@gabrielmoraes2482]

Perfect

[@anthonygray333]

I think they got very close with the beauty of the DB9. Later models don’t suit my taste as much.

[@adriantownsend2317]

... Arriving somewhere in an Aston Martin DB5 is'nt about getting there fast, it's about arriving in style!

[@Jo_Wardy]

My dad could've bought one back in the late 70s early 80s when they were under 10k. He didn't like them though.

[@craigyirush3492]

A normal Civic? Doubt that. Type R would leave it for dead though.

[@scd]

haha true!

[@oldsoul4699]

If I was a millionaire this would be my daily haha

[@scd]

imagine that!

[@nagoranerides3150]

I always wonder why people kept making cars that didn't look like the DB5 once it hit the market. Nothing else, aside from the DB4, ever looked anywhere close to this good.

[@jamalimurtaza6527]

💯

[@aidan.w.carolan]

wow

[@scd]

Thanks for watching 🙏

[@axeljacobs9723]

Granted it’s an attractive car, and of course iconic, but the Mercedes 300sl gullwing is way better, in almost every way!

[@TheGamerThing]

car design is a lost art

[@jonathanbennet2580]

One day...

[@matei6691]

rash

[@oti_quiet]

Tbh the dewbauchee jb700 loks better than this.

[@procrafter5000]

With all due respect, the dewbauchee is this but unrefined, and muscle

[@NuYiDao]

So many fusty features need to be revised. Of course the design was brave back then. But overt nostalgia is a foolish indulgence - commercially and reputationally. The new Lagonda seems to be showing the way,