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You’ll need more than a “Goldfinger” to afford one of these rides.
British luxury carmaker Aston Martin, 007’s ride in several of the spy’s flicks, just leased its first-ever Manhattan showroom — where it may park one of its $5 million one-off cars, The Post has learned.
The upcoming “immersive brand experience” in the former Phillips auction house at 450 Park Ave. on the corner of West 57th St. will show off its tricked-out rides, which sell for a minimum of $200,000 for a Vantage roadster or its new DBX SUV to upwards of $3.5 million for its Valkyrie hypercars.
The retro Victor, designed by its James Bond-inspired Q division, sold last year for a reported $5 million, and featured revolving license plates, pop-up machine guns with lights and noise (but no projectiles) and battering rams perfect for getting through city gridlock.
“Aston Martin looks forward to revealing more about its exciting plans and its ambition to create a truly mesmerizing luxury experience for our customers in one of the most prominent corners of Midtown Manhattan,” spokesman Paul Garbett said, noting, “This is all very preliminary.
Founded in 1913, company leadership has focused on growing its US market since Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll invested in 2020 and righted its financial ship that was losing millions even before the pandemic.
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