▁of ▁the ▁Bond ▁in ▁Mot ion ▁exhibition ▁at ▁the ▁London ▁Film ▁Museum ▁in ▁Cov ent ▁Garden , ▁London . ▁The ▁car ▁manufact urer ▁celebrated ▁their ▁fifty - year ▁partners hip ▁with ▁Bond ▁films ▁franch ise , ▁which ▁started ▁with ▁the ▁DB 5 ▁being ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 4 ▁film ▁Gold f inger . ▁ ▁The ▁design ▁of ▁the ▁DB 1 0 ▁was ▁led ▁by ▁A ston ▁Martin ' s ▁chief ▁cre ative ▁officer ▁Mare k ▁Reich man , ▁with ▁the ▁film ' s ▁director ▁M endes ▁working ▁closely ▁with ▁the ▁team . ▁The ▁car ▁was ▁developed ▁specifically ▁for ▁the ▁film ▁and ▁ten ▁units ▁were ▁hand - built ▁in - house ▁by ▁the ▁company ' s ▁design ▁and ▁engineering ▁teams ▁in ▁Gay don . ▁E ight ▁of ▁those ▁ 1 0 ▁cars ▁were ▁featured ▁in ▁the ▁movie , ▁and ▁two ▁more ▁were ▁built ▁for ▁prom ot ional ▁purposes . ▁A ston ▁Martin ▁stated ▁that ▁" the ▁DB 1 0 ▁gives ▁a ▁g limp se ▁to ▁the ▁future ▁design ▁direction ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁generation ▁of ▁A ston ▁Mart ins ." ▁It ▁was ▁later ▁revealed ▁that ▁the ▁DB 1 0 ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁newly ▁introduced ▁V 8 ▁V antage ▁that ▁made ▁its ▁debut ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁and ▁had ▁a ▁modified ▁design ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁design ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁V antage ▁didn ' t ▁come ▁to ▁public ▁notice ▁while ▁the ▁car ▁was ▁in ▁development . ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁A ston ▁Martin ▁had ▁released