Each of the 150 Aston Martin Valkyries coupes takes a total of 2,000 man hours as they are all handcrafted at the company’s headquarters in Gaydon, England. Each coupe is said to cost between two and three million pounds as standard.
Aston Martin CEO Tobias Moers commented: “It is an incredibly proud moment for us to complete our very first hypercar. The Aston Martin Valkyrie program has tested everyone who worked on it to the limit, but the commitment to the dream has produced a truly incredible car, an F1® car for the road. Valkyrie was born from the relentless dedication of a large group of highly qualified engineers and technicians who worked tirelessly to bring Valkyrie to production. I am sure that our customers will be delighted with what we have achieved. “
Upon completion of the coupes, Aston Martin will produce 85 convertible versions of its very first hypercar. After all the roads that Valkyries put on the road, 40 more AMR pros, a crazier, track-focused version of a car that already looks like it’s about to start at Le Mans, are about to hit the production line. Both the convertible and the rail-bound AMR Pro Valkyries are expected to cost a lot more than the “normal” coupe.
However, if one of the three Valkyries catches your eye, don’t bother as they should all have found a home by now. The Aston Martin Valkyrie is the brainchild of the Chief Technical Officer of the Red Bull Racing F1 team Adrian Newey and was first introduced as AMRB 001 when the two teams were partners in the racing series. Now the two teams are rivals on the track.
There does appear to be a small drop in performance on the Valkyrie in terms of raw horsepower numbers, however. When details about the Valkyrie were first released, Aston Martin claimed the car’s hybrid powertrain would produce 1,160 horsepower and 900 Nm of torque. However, Aston Martin’s latest numbers have shown a drop of 21 horsepower, with the production car producing just 1,139 horsepower.
That shouldn’t really bother owners though, as they can still hear the great soundtrack of the screeching Cosworth V12 engine spinning up to 11,100 rpm. Valkyrie obtains its electric motor and battery pack for the KERS hybrid system from Rimac, the owners of Bugatti and manufacturers of the Nevera electric hypercar. The electric motor has an output of 160 hp, the rest of the power comes from the high-revving 6.5-liter V12 naturally aspirated engine.
When it hits the track, the Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro will only have the screaming V12 engine that is expected to dump over 1,100 in the track-only monster.
Thoughts on Aston Martin Valkyrie
The British automaker’s very first hypercar, the Aston Martin Valkyrie shows how crazy a car can be when designed by a genius like Adrian Newey. The last time an F1 designer really drove a street car into town, we had the McLaren F1 designed by Gordon Murray, breaking the record, this time we have a street racing car that hopefully should break some records of its own.
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