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Written by Vijay Pattni
"Build me something for him to sit in," were the immortal words uttered by David Brown, former boss of Aston Martin. The something" that transpired from this missive is staring suggestively at you right now: the DB5 Shooting Brake. And the him"? His beloved hunting dog. Now, we suspect views will be polarised on this one, because DB5=James Bond and not DB5=Somewhere For My Pooch. But, in certain quarters of the Top Gear office, this DB5 SB is quite something. A good something. As mentioned, it exists because David Brown was fed up of his dog chewing through his company DB5"s seats, and wanted a DB5 with a boot. The factory was backed up with demand for the regular" car, so Brown turned to a new coachbuilding business Radford Shooting Brakes to carry out the conversions.
Date written: 6 Aug 2019
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"Build me something for him to sit in," were the immortal words uttered by David Brown, former boss of Aston Martin. The something" that transpired from this missive is staring suggestively at you right now: the DB5 Shooting Brake. And the him"? His beloved hunting dog. Now, we suspect views will be polarised on this one, because DB5=James Bond and not DB5=Somewhere For My Pooch. But, in certain quarters of the Top Gear office, this DB5 SB is quite something. A good something. As mentioned, it exists because David Brown was fed up of his dog chewing through his company DB5"s seats, and wanted a DB5 with a boot. The factory was backed up with demand for the regular" car, so Brown turned to a new coachbuilding business Radford Shooting Brakes to carry out the conversions.
Date written: 6 Aug 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16511