In Goldfinger, Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 bears the registration number BMT 216A.
The plate became one of the most recognizable identifiers in the James Bond car series. It appears on the silver DB5 supplied to Bond for his mission against Auric Goldfinger. The number is fictional, but it has been reused and referenced in later Bond productions and promotional material.
BMT 216A is sometimes confused with the registration of other Bond vehicles because the DB5 itself returns in several films. Goldfinger established the car as Bond’s signature automobile, while later films used different DB5s, versions, or fictional plates. The number is therefore best treated as a famous cinematic identifier rather than a permanent registration attached to every DB5 in the series.
The DB5’s gadgets—including machine guns, an ejector seat and tracking equipment—made it as important to the film’s identity as its registration plate.