Persuaders Aston for sale

THE ASTON MARTIN used by Roger Moore in the 1970s television series The Persuaders is up for sale and expected to fetch £500,000.

Finished in rare Bahama Yellow, the 1970 DBS was built specifically for use in the popular detective series.

However, Aston Martin had yet to launch its DBS V8 model, so it took a standard DBS with the smaller six-cylinder engine and made it look identical to the newer and more powerful V8 from the outside. So, the car has the same wheels and badges as a V8 model but with the smaller engine and was used in all 24 episodes of the programme.

Moore played English aristocrat Lord Brett Sinclair alongside Tony Curtis’ character, Danny Wilde, who drives a Ferrari Dino. Together, they worked as playboy detectives solving crime on the French Riviera.

Moore left the series when he landed the role of James Bond and the car was sold to a private owner in 1971. It has since covered a total of 70,000 miles and has been fully restored. This is the first time the car has been offered for sale publicly as every previous sales has been arranged privately. It will be sold at a unique Aston Martin auction held at the firm’s Newport Pagnell factory on 17 May.

By Press Association reporters