If you've watched a James Bond film, odds are you saw an Aston Martin. They've made a number of appearances in a number of Bond films. The most common one being the DB5. There was a DB5 in the production of Goldfinger, though that model was a victim of a presumably dramatic heist, gone the way of thieves and left to drown in the ocean. Or so we thought.

An old DB5 has recently come to light, and it very well may be the same model present in one of the most popular Bond films of all time. After filming had finished, the vehicle was sold to car collector Richard Losee. He eventually flipped it to a Florida businessman for double what he initially paid. After that, the vehicle was kept in an airplane hanger at the Boca Raton airport. One day, it disappeared. This was the last we heard of the vehicle.

No alarms were triggered, and the guards hadn't seen anything. The only evidence of its theft were some tire marks on the ground. And, ya know, the fact that it was gone. A rumor had spread that the vehicle was dumped into the ocean over the Keys, though there was no evidence to support the claim.

Now the vehicle may have been located by investigators. According to a tip received by Chief Executive of Art Recovery International Christopher Marinello, the vehicle is sitting in a collection in the Middle East.

"As there are many Aston Martins, it is very important that we get a shot of the chassis number, DP/216/1. This is what we are looking for, as it is very specific to the vehicle."


Investigators have yet to get the chance to look at the supposed vehicle's chassis number. And if it really was stolen and sold to this collector, they likely won't let anyone get close enough to try.

A real-life car heist. Sometimes life imitates art, after all.