- Aston Martin’s Adrian Newey-designed Valkyrie hypercar ends manufacturing in 2024
- A complete of 275 items could have been constructed, together with coupe, convertible, and track-only variations
- An everyday Valkyrie not too long ago set the manufacturing automotive lap report on the U.Ok.’s Silverstone Circuit
Three years after it constructed its first buyer Valkyrie, Aston Martin has confirmed that manufacturing of the V-12 hypercar will quickly attain an finish.
In an announcement to Motor Authority, Aston Martin spokesperson Morgan Theys stated the ultimate Valkyrie will probably be constructed earlier than the top of 2024.
When all is claimed and executed, Aston Martin could have constructed 150 examples of the Valkyrie coupe, a further 85 examples of the Valkyrie Spider, and 40 examples of the track-only Valkyrie AMR Professional.
Manufacturing of the vehicles is dealt with at Aston Martin’s headquarters in Gaydon, U.Ok.
Aston Martin Valkyrie manufacturing in Gaydon, U.Ok.
Aston Martin Valkyrie’s 6.5-liter V-12
Aston Martin Valkyrie’s 6.5-liter V-12
All variations are powered by a 6.5-liter V-12 paired with a mild-hybrid system that may present an electrical enhance. The mixed output for the automotive is 1,139 hp, or sufficient for 0-60 mph acceleration in underneath 2.5 seconds. A Valkyrie was additionally not too long ago clocked lapping the U.Ok.’s Silverstone Circuit in a time of 1:56.42. That is a report for a manufacturing automotive on the racetrack, and in addition the primary time set by a manufacturing automotive underneath two minutes. The time is quicker than what some GT3 race vehicles have put down. It additionally smashed the earlier report of two:06.82, set by the Manthey-enhanced Porsche 911 GT2 RS MR.
Among the many house owners are Formulation 1 world champions Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso, in addition to Crimson Bull Racing star aerodynamicist Adrian Newey. The Valkyrie was designed by Newey when Aston Martin nonetheless had a technical partnership with Crimson Bull. Newey will quickly be working for Aston Martin, as he’ll be part of its F1 workforce in 2025, and optimistically he’ll finally pen a successor mannequin.
Whereas manufacturing is sort of over the common Valkyrie, Aston Martin can also be creating a Valkyrie race automotive constructed to satisfy Le Mans Hypercar guidelines. To be generally known as the Valkyrie AMR-LMH, a number of examples of the race automotive will probably be entered within the IMSA SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship subsequent yr. The vehicles will probably be fielded by the new workforce Aston Martin Thor, a partnership between Aston Martin and America’s Coronary heart of Racing.
