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How Bond's car, the DB10, contributed to the new Vantage Nov 21st 2017, 12:00 Bond's DB1- started out as a sketch idea for the new Vantage With design cues from the Bond car seen in Spectre, we take a look at the relationship the two cars have Key styling elements of the new Vantage will look familiar to anyone who has admired James Bond's DB10 in the film Spectre. That's because the design of the film's one-off was inspired by and inspired the newest Aston.  2018 Aston Martin Vantage revealed "When the Bond producers came to talk to us, we were starting really early work on the Vantage," said designer Sam Holgate. "They saw one of my sketches on the wall and said: 'We want that.' At the time, I was just starting on a full-size clay model of Vantage but things were moving in big volumes. That design spiralled into the DB10."  Q&A with Aston Martin's Chief Technical Officer on the new Vantage  The resultant one-off was, somewhat controversially, given a full DB model name. But although it took its own form, the shared DNA with the Vantage gave Aston Martin's design team some invaluable insights that fed back into the production car. In particular, an opening shot showing the partly illuminated outline of the car helped put the focus on the clear front and rear form.  First drive: Aston Martin Vantage prototype  "The DB10 was a unique opportunity, something that never normally happens," said Holgate. "Part-way through the design process for Vantage, we got to see the language and form we were working on driving round outside in different environments, and see how people reacted to it. While it was a side alley to Vantage, we could really take stock of what was good and bad.  Opinion: will the new Aston Martin Vantage justify its price?  There's DNA in the DB10 with the purity of the original Vantage. When we came back to this, we really wanted to turn up the volume on the athlete side of things."  Related stories:  Aston Martin DB10 review Aston Martin DB11 V8 review Aston Martin Vantage (2017) review

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