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Carroll Shelby of the United States rounds the curve of the Le Mans circuit in France on June 21, 1959, in his Aston Martin during the famed 24-hour International Endurance Race for sports cars. He won the event at the average speed of 112.4 miles per hour.

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A man inspects the Aston Martin D.B.5 of the James Bond film Goldfinger during a motor show in Paris on Oct. 1, 1964.

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People stop and watch as thick black smoke billows from a passing Aston Martin DB5 in Zurich, Switzerland on Feb. 16, 1965. The specially adapted sports car was used in the James Bond film Goldfinger and was giving a demonstration in Switzerland before being shipped to the Bahamas where it will appear in he next Bond movie Thunderball.

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Model Valerie Leon poses near the Aston Martin DB-6, in London on Sept. 28, 1965.

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The Aston Martin Lagonda luxury four seater GT with a V.8 engine is seen on Sept. 27, 1969.

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Italdesign presents the prototype for a two-seated spider Aston Martin on Feb. 28, 2001.

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Henrik Fisker, chief designer at Aston Martin, shows off the Aston Martin AMV8 Vantage at its on Jan. 6, 2003, at the North American International Auto Show at Cobo Hall in Detroit.

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The new Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster is shown during the 77th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 6, 2007.

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Britain's Prince William drives his wife, Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, on The Mall in London in his father Prince Charles' Aston Martin Volante sports car on April 29, 2011.

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James Bond's Aston Martin is shown being chased by an Alfa Romero car in a scene from the James Bond film Quantum of Solace on Sept. 6, 2012.

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Aston Martin CEO Dr Ulrich Bez arrives for a preview screening of Skyfall in London on Oct. 24, 2012.

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A 1964 Aston Martin DB5 that used to belong to Paul McCartney is seen ahead of an auction in London on Oct. 30, 2012.

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Technicians work on the assembly line building Aston Martin motor cars at the company headquarters and production plant on Jan. 10, 2013, in Gaydon, England.

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