Brosnan buys himself a Bond car

007 star Pierce Brosnan has bought a £160,000 Aston Martin V12 Vanquish after driving the supercar during filming for the new Bond movie Die Another Day.

He has had an identical model - one of only 300 made - delivered to his Malibu beachfront home home.

Suggestions that the Bond-Aston Martin connection got him a discount were rejected by company directors who said he paid full price plus shipping - like any other customer.

But Brosnan will be hoping that his 200mph tungsten silver car performs better than the one used in the film. That broke down on a set at a disused Gloucestershire airfield earlier this year and had to be jump-started. Tim Watson, director of public affairs for Aston Martin

Lagonda, said: "Mr Brosnan asked for all the same specifications as the car he drove in Die Another Day.

"Of course, in Mr Brosnan's car, there will be no ejector seats, no missile launchers and no machineguns."