2011 Aston Martin DBS Superior Black Edition by Anderson Germany

Okay, we thought the Audi R8 V10 Hyper-Black Edition created by Anderson Germany looked tough, but this next tuning project has blown the Audi out the water. The Aston Martin DBS Superior Black Edition is the type of car James Bond would drive if he was more badass and less proper. Just looking at the car makes us feel like we’ve grown bigger cojones, and the boost in power isn’t too shabby either.

Getting the hardcore exterior look only took a matte black paint job with bright red calipers for that shock of color and a new set of 21" wheels. The interior is spruced up with carbon fiber elements, black leather, and Alcantara mixed in with some red trim and cross stitching on the seats. The red is also outlining many of the black components found in the interior which adds to the overall look and feel of the car.

The power upgrade for the DBS Superior Black Edition isn’t astronomical, but it gets the job done. A standard DBS is good for 510 HP at 6500 rpm out of it hand-built V12 engine, but the addition of a new exhaust system gets that power up to 560 HP. Nothing was said on how that increase translated the DBS’ performance numbers, but when you look this cool, sometimes even that doesn’t matter.

2011 Aston Martin DBS Superior Black Edition by Anderson Germany

2011 Aston Martin DBS Superior Black Edition by Anderson Germany

2011 Aston Martin DBS Superior Black Edition by Anderson Germany

2011 Aston Martin DBS Superior Black Edition by Anderson Germany

James Bond's Aston Martin Silver Birch DB5 sold for $ 4 million

The classic james bond's Aston Martin Silver bird DB5 as seen in "Goldfinger" "Thunderball" was sold by U.S. radio station owner and philanthropist Jerry Lee,who bought it straight from the Aston Martin factory in 1969 for $12,000 was sold at whopping four million USD at an auction held at London.

Though this money will be going for the good purpose.

This DB5 comes complete with all the original 007 specifications fitted to it by the Aston Martin factory for 1965's "Thunderball." They include front machine guns that shoot blanks, an ejector seat (that doesn't work), radar navigation, a nail spreader, tire shredders, bullet shield and a revolving number plate.

The owner is still secret.

Iconic James Bond fame Aston Martin's Silver Birch DB5 car to be auction for charity.

We all love the Bond, James Bond tech, particularly his awesome cars with state of art technology and here is a chance to owe the famous Silver Birch DB5 seen in Goldfinger and Thunderball is the only known surviving Aston Martin used in the films which is soon to be auction by its owner Jerry Lee.

The car and its gadgets were designed by special effects expert John Stears, who also worked on the films Star Wars and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Earlier, It was sold for 12,000 US dollars by the Aston Martin factory in 1969 to Bond fan Jerry Lee.

He is now selling to raise funds for his charity work through the non-profit The Jerry Lee Foundation, which focuses on crime prevention.

"It's been an incredible experience for 41 years owning this car," Lee said, admitting "I mean there's going to be a little tears I guess when the car is actually auctioned out but the amount I think I'm going to get for the car is going to put that in the background probably fairly rapidly"

The car is expected to fetch more than 3.5 million pounds sterling (5.54 million US dollars).

Other Bond tech under hammer are the Goldfinger helicopter, as seen flown by Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore and one of the eight green Jaguars used in Die Another Day.

- AP Inputs