Jonny Tests The DB Speedback GT - Fifth Gear

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[@vja352]

5:19 the look on the face of a taxi driver after seeing this car is absolutely epic.

[@3wheelie]

And his thought was that how hard and how long I’ll work I’ll never can afford this beautyful piece of a copycat.

[@280SE]

You can really see the Jaguar in her. I saw one of these in Berkeley Square in London recently and I’m not gonna lie, it looked bloody amazing! Stopped everyone in their tracks, including me!

[@johnturner4400]

Fun fact: James Bond was a Bentley owner

[@bentleygt3716]

a new car with an old soul. damn it. it's GORGEOUS.. i'm in love.

[@Atombender]

That's a pretty good retro-design actually.

[@pod507]

Those rings probably scratched the shiny wooden steering wheel. Yeah I'm fun at parties.

[@dininjaronin2002]

pod507 bloody guy...dont scratch the shaguar

[@TheRockrm]

i gasped

[@wristcandy5451]

Wow! Respects from South Africa. That's a car that will appreciate in value over time

[@SF.Automotive]

The front looks like a Mini !

[@chrispenn715]

You beat me beat me to it - I had the same thought

[@biggyforever4972]

And the david brown makes a remastered mini too.

[@henryviii6341]

yes or the lights from a Lexus - the ugly convertible one. and the grille is Ford Focus.

[@jazzhead9970]

DB Speedback 🇬🇧 Saville Row smooth with an hidden angry edge. Love it❤

[@JamieRobertson]

Almost perfect. Shame about the grille (probably a trademark infringement if they'd made it a proper Aston Martin shape). If I had the money to buy one I'd pay a skilled coach builder to modify the grille.

[@MrSB-ls4je]

I love these wooden steering wheels

[@GRAHAMAUS]

That's one of the most beautiful cars I've seen in a long time. Shame about the price.

[@konliner9286]

Its necessary because the company is still very small and new so they need money to keep the company running.

[@jaymorris3468]

Just stunning, should be in the next "Proper" Bond Film

[@itaytabib4665]

he needs to speedback to the barber

[@greaser3069]

Ikr

[@joewinner4441]

and have a shave

[@SlimRhyno]

nailed it

[@danozism]

@12 Volts I admire your sense of... something

[@paultaylor701]

Fast forward to 2019, he’s as bald as a snooker ball.

[@Reddsoldier]

I've seen this exact car about 2 years ago parked outside Lloyds in London. The brokers were all over it!

[@danozism]

A nice wee cameo at the end there... What a seriously lovely looking car. If only money were no object!

[@Beun007]

WOW!!! That is what you call real classic British style! You will also see it in one of Bentley's models...

[@rovingroller4190]

Stunning car just wish we heard more about the car and less about 007.

[@johnturner4400]

Roving Roller. It’s against the law not to mention James Bond when talking about Aston Martin

[@Sirbadone]

I very much agree. No price, no production numbers, not even power output or engine type =/

[@stupot205]

Thomas Hill he does say at around the 4 minute mark, supercharged V8 producing 500 horsepower from a Jag XKR.. oh, and it’s half a million quid. Did you even watch the video?

[@richardr8753]

@@stupot205 and they are making 100. Everything he asked was answered.

[@ronaldezz]

Not a single good shot of the rear end of this car throughout the entire film.

[@chrisk8187]

CORRECT!!! Not filmed by a auto fan.....

[@irw4350]

it sounded great roaring off at the very end

[@yogeshr7103]

Like the car looks classic and modern mixed.. Love the music tho

[@russrh]

did anyone do any quality control on the leather? checkout the headrest

[@quacktac]

I've been lucky enough to sit in and start a DB5, honestly nothing compares, the engine sounds like an old Rolls Royce Merlin engine.

[@bighands69]

Cars back then were far lighter than they are today. That means that you get better position and space to the engine which gives you the full sound of the engine. Modern cars are heavy and are all about the exhaust sound rather than engine sound.

[@DISTINGUISHED.GENTLEMAN.]

I have watched this video multiple times, the speedback gt is an absolute work of art

[@skelejp9982]

Nothing beats Ian Callum's Jaguar MKII Restomod !

[@akumabito2008]

That is a seriously fugly car! The original looks so much better proportioned.

[@gianniverschueren870]

Thanks for testing this car. It'd be nice if you could share you findings, which I thought was the point of videos like this.

[@malea545]

what a beautiful car, although to me it looks more like the Zagato. if I could afford it I'd have one

[@davidhayes4814]

Aston is now bringing its own DB4GT out.... £1.5 million as a "continuation" production of the original car. Could be cynical...definitely wonderful. For you Americans, that is similar to continuation Cobras in the nineties. Which is better a DB4GT or an AC Shelby Cobra? Who cares? They are both stunning icons.

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

Not the first time. In '88 AM made 4 'Sanction II' cars using unused chassis numbers. This effort between AM and Zagato left them with 2 unused bodies. These bodies are now being fitted on old DB4 chassis to make the 'Sanction III' cars. The SII cars were completely new cars built using the original tooling hence they ended up with a 4.2L motor rather than the original 3.8L.

[@felixarbable]

Not road legal though

[@bighands69]

The American cars of the era could be had by working class people that is the key difference between them and British cars.

[@StephenButlerOne]

almost perfectly if they would of just had the number shape on the grill, like the 5. this would be worth the money , for the exclusivity and sheer coolness.

[@MLB9000]

His ‘initials’ weren’t 007, they were J.B.

[@Bleckman666]

Indeed. It's pretty apparent if you bother to look at the number plates of the actual "Goldfinger" prop vehicle DB5: secure.i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01748/aston-460_1748203c.jpg

[@AMikeOnLine]

Great looking car, I love it. Only criticism i have is it wasn't built ground up with a bespoke chassis etc. !

[@niptodstan]

The front is a Ford Scorpio.

[@yingmustang67]

niptodstan yes exactly! 😂 but still very pretty car! 😆

[@yingmustang67]

but way to expensive! The original is far better looking car! The front is Fugly way looking, can get over that! 😝

[@Bhong666]

"gopping"

[@DAGATHire]

Good spot... ironic really because the front grill of all new fords are straight up aston martin rip offs

[@gerry5134]

the front grill on the mini has that same look

[@yadidimeanmaine]

So, basically an eleventh generation Ford Thunderbird for £500,000? No thanks.

[@utubecomment21]

It's based on a Jaguar XK

[@yadidimeanmaine]

+spudnik88 - projection much?

[@hectorae86]

Thunderturd was the first thing that came up in my mind as well. Wanted to comment on it but then I saw yours..... ah well.

[@BudMasta]

So its for people in essex and all surrounding areas?

[@bighands69]

All modern coachbuilt cars like that DB speed will cost about £500,000. The reason for that is it is not a mass produced car and is in effect a custom built coach.

[@admiralpicard2010]

AM must surely be kicking themselves over this,its a beautiful car.......if a little pricey.

[@johntechwriter]

Agreed. The interior is beautifully done -- a tribute to the era and a far more desirable place to be than today's supercars.

[@jorgelopes4123]

This is the car that everybody wold like to have !! I adore it !!!

[@gerry5134]

i think they should have added the twin fluted front bonnet edges leading down to the grill, like on the DB5, i think it would have looked much better than the Ford Scorpio style front end as another commenter noted

[@bighands69]

The Ford Scorpio look is based on classic Ford looks so that is not bad either to be honest.

[@Billiamiscool]

Personally, I think that the David Brown Speedback GT is the best looking car ever made

[@myownruin187]

It’s beautiful.

[@anime536_8]

for the most famous movie car, i think the james bond LOTUS ESPRIT submarine car would have given the DB5 a run for its money..

[@bighands69]

The Aston is a nicer looking car.

[@buddhavskungfu]

Is this the new Doug Car?

[@paveladamek3502]

Hm, Jeremy Clarkson would have driven this in the middle of nowhere with amazing cinematography. FG sits in a traffic jam.

[@hijtohema]

FG itself is retro: pretty much Top Gears old format before its relaunch in 2002.

[@isthereanybodyoutthere9397]

Yes and there would have been lots of shots Clarkson sounding off his "funny" quips (narcissist that he is).

[@alanhillyard1639]

Most people enjoy his jokes/quips etc. enough that many of them are now common parlance :/ afraid you are in the minority here sorry 😞

[@mebeasensei]

This looks better than the original, but still classical. Brilliant.

[@thomascampr]

Better? No

[@kevinmanns7170]

You have Absolutely NO TASTE !!

[@zodrob7]

The most famous movie car? Probably Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

[@alexanderkoih5467]

That's a beautiful car

[@jackmayall9635]

Hello fifth gear. When is the new series coming out?

[@p-jb5678]

Never.

[@ilibertywalkedmybaconct4445]

Jack Mayall they are canceld

[@jackmayall9635]

Poor Piano oh no ☹️😂

[@jackmayall9635]

1sub is 1day in prison for hillary clinton oh

[@mikeg6606]

The most beautiful car made in the last 40 years. Halve the price and drop in battery power and I'm in. ;)

[@milosavmilatovic9259]

Nice bracelet

[@algiro4733]

component wise I could probably do this on the cheap as a custom vehicle using a british donor set up vehicle and create a business out of it for a fraction of the price and still come out happy

[@alanhillyard1639]

Did you do it then?

[@ravisriram6746]

It is certainly an interesting tribute, for lack of a better word, if that was indeed this manufacturer's intent, to the storied Aston DB5. What's got my curiosity is the similarities are ridiculously striking, right down to the same exact name of this maker: David Brown. I'm a little surprised that we have not heard of any lawsuits of any kind from Aston Martin. Or are we to assume any similarities to the DB5 are merely coincidental? In any case, I must admit it's still a great-looking car.

[@tim2468]

Great film. You are exactly right on the cost. Make it 12ok US and tons of buyers....

[@Dan_druft]

It looks just like a Mini One from the front

[@vikos78]

Looks like a 2002 Thunderbird retro

[@onlytheplanetmatters]

so it's a coach builder's XKR, then?

[@Koru-Health]

The shocking thing to me is that the current auction price for a 1960's DB5 is around $450,000. Far less than the 500K pounds (or $625,150 US Dollars) of the remake. You could buy a 1964 DB5 and still have $175.000 left for a Bentley Continental!

[@alexgarnett5373]

Looks like a flattened Mini

[@MrQamsharif]

looks like a chinese knock off of a DB5

[@nigelnuj]

O.G.Q that's racist. Why is everything that's a knock off have to be Chinese? Fakes are made everywhere.

[@bighands69]

It actually looks like what a DB5 would have if designed and produced in the 70s. Go look at 1970s astons. What actually runs this car is the lights.

[@urbanrider7981]

You don’t get or understand cars

[@gpearce11]

nigel nuj Because China has a terrible reputation for making rip-offs of other cars (esp. Japanese) exclusively for the Chinese market. Almost all Chinese cars can’t actually be sold overseas, because they break so many international copyrights (because China has a terrible reputation for ignoring copyrights, which is why it’s not a stereotype that most fakes are Chinese). Toyota alone has sued several of these companies literally dozens of times over international copyright (they even once proved that over 700 parts between one of these knockoffs was cross compatible with the car it copied), and they’re hardly the only ones.

[@hexonatapeloop]

Make more of them and charge less? Great looking car.

[@joaorodrigues-dy9rm]

I actually recognize the jaguar steering wheel

[@oibal60]

An E-type and a Ferrari 599 had a baby.

[@bastobasto4013]

I saw several attempts by British entrepreneurs to revive classic cars such as this one, jaguar E type,MG. .invariably they all are priced beyond the means of the mildly rich...the point?....there is a niche market for replicas for certain car models from all over the globe..we car lovers need some entrepreneurs to set up production of these classic cars(with the option of modern twists and safety issues is also welcomed) at really affordable prices...think of it..as a buyer you can choose the engine ,tyres ,interior etc..I will consider this DB if it was priced close to a jaguar..

[@bighands69]

The problem with producing a mass produced car is that the regulations that control their production make it very difficult to manufacture them in mass. Hence why we only really see limited specialized cars that cost half a millions. Less regulations and we would see really nice cars for £20,000 never mind £500,000.

[@danielleking1171]

nice car

[@neilchapman5145]

So they used the jaguar xjs chassis for this average looking kit car. The designer had fuck all originality here and it looks like a mid nineties ford scorpio the successor of the Granada

[@JohnSmith-yd5wq]

I rather just by a new Aston Martin along w/ a vintage DB5 or DBS for that price.

[@stupot205]

Couldn’t agree more! And this thing is not as good, nice looking or as exciting as either of them would be! Overpriced twee rubbish

[@Darthadios]

So Fifth gear is now dead too ? =(

[@tangowhisky77]

What? Why?

[@ImInLoveWithBulla]

The most famous movie car is Wayne and Garth’s Ford Pinto.

[@lizzybabich8166]

The mystery machine is the most famous in my opinion

[@mickeytaker4255]

1/2 a million quid for that!

[@dncviorel]

since it's not mass produced it can't be cheap

[@paulrawes]

@@dncviorel Yeah, but half a million for essentially a replica Aston Martin DB5!

[@openbabel]

Interesting car its something Bristol Cars would build...not sure about the BMW mini look a like front- its cashing in on modernizing the past a new grow market?

[@JimBob_1975]

From the front it almost looks like another, wide bodied, variant of the current no-so-mini Mini

[@NoosaHeads]

Only a fool would pay £500,000 for an XKR in drag.(and you know what they say about a fool and his money).

[@interqward1]

What are you going to tell David? Tell him to build a few more.

[@usmanmansoor1998]

Can anyone tell the name of soundtrack as background music in this video. Appreciate!

[@rare6499]

I think its a pretty cool car. It will be incredibly rare, and anyone who can afford one won't really care about the price.

[@rudranroy2109]

Wait ! Was that Daniel Crag at the end at 6:59 ?

[@initialb5009]

thats the most beautiful car ever .

[@firingoneight3088]

Why didn’t they put it on the DB9 underpinnings

[@1300mer]

007 at the end sure looked like Daniel Craig. Was it him?

[@aaryeshg.6526]

XKR (2004 ish era) seems just as cool though 🤔

[@WolfLPer]

This car is amazing. And amazingly expensive.

[@dlicious2020]

Look at those pork chops sideburns!

[@lotusgroup123]

How many Speedbacks have they made so far...???

[@fasthracing]

No its a Jaguar XKR (in drag)

[@123cricket4]

IT'S like like sporty and great car beutifull car on the road what? Yes .

[@dhiditahmad5252]

Love this car

[@12Paulo18]

1:30 music please!!!

[@usmanmansoor1998]

What is the soundtrack starting at 1:32, if anyone knows. Appreciate!

[@garysandiego]

THIS should be the next Jaguar XK! Fire Callum and hire that designer.

[@olu665]

Beautiful

[@Biskawow]

no, most famous movie car would most certainly be the batmobile

[@partygremlin2675]

Ok, it's obviously different but it still resembles a lot to DB5

[@bighands69]

It resemebles 1960s and 70s Aston Martin cars with a little bit of Bristol thrown in.

[@christianolsson834]

Worth every penny. We’re talking hand built exclusivities here. Things people with money treasure. If not the Dacia would be the best car to buy for everyone. Now that’s a nightmare.

[@krocialblack]

One of my biggest car pet peeves. People dressing up modern cars to look like classic cars...

[@allwrighty100]

Most famous movie car? I was thinking Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, imagine my disappointment when he said DB5

[@Aireisor]

Nice number plate

[@Puzzoozoo]

Unlike an Aston Martin, OR Bonds car of choice Bentley, this car has no pedigree.

[@Aireisor]

The front looks more like a squashed Mini than an Aston

[@MrFerrari458gto]

Mini cooper headlights.

[@petyrkowalski9887]

£500k....!!!??? You're havin a giraffe

[@russcooke5671]

FACT. The DB5 from Goldfinger was actually a modified DB4.

[@stanleymasterson1135]

Correct, the final series of DB4 was almost indistinguishable from the DB5. I should know... Ive owned both in the past

[@russcooke5671]

@@stanleymasterson1135 so all the hype about the DB5. Is wrong 😂😂👌👌👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@simeonyves5940]

Yup, it was originally a Prototype for the DB4 Series 6 (hence the 4 speed Box!) , it was also originally painted in Dubonnet Rosso, RED!, and appeared in an Early Episode of "The Saint" with then "Future" 007 Roger Moore, Sadly, as the Episode, "The Noble Sportsman" is Monochrome, we cannot see the Red Paint, but, as the Car appears "Dark" its clearly not Silver. However, it was Registered BMT 216 A even in the Episode, so we do know that is the correct Licence Plate for the DB4S6/ DB5 Prototype!

[@SNORKYMEDIA]

where was the review???