We can only imagine the cost to wreck expensive cars in films, but filmmakers these days often turn to computer graphics for such destruction. Skyfall on the other hand decided on a different approach. The effects crew didn't want to wreck a 1960 Aston Martin DB 5 (who would?!?!?). The car appeared in the original Bond film 50 years ago.

They used 3D printers to make one instead. Using a company called Voxeliet, they used a 3D printer with a capacity of 283 cubic feet to reproduce three 1:3 scale models of the Aston Martin. [3ders.org via Damn Geeky]