998 HP Aston Martin Valhalla Revealed In Road-Going Spec

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The archetypal clip we saw and heard of the Aston Martin Valhalla was backmost successful 2019 erstwhile it was called the AB-RB 003 but accelerated guardant to contiguous and we yet spot the mentation of the car that volition deed the roads.

The supercar is expected to outgo astir $800,000 and has been developed extensively since the conception was revealed with assistance from its Formula 1 team. Drivers Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll are said to person aided successful development. The car is likewise said to usage galore F1-adjacent technologies, similar a DRS-style wing as good arsenic progressive aerodynamics that are not allowed successful the racing series.

“It is simply a large vantage for a car shaper to person entree to the unsocial skills and cognition of a Formula 1 team,” said Claudio Santoni, Aston Martin Performance Technologies engineering director. “F1 engineers are perpetually pushing the boundaries successful the pursuit of show and person developed accelerated problem-solving tools. With this cognition ‘in-house’ we tin seamlessly bring F1 expertise to roadworthy car development.”

The Valhalla is fitted with a bespoke 4.0-litre twin-turbo flat-plane crank V8 which is combined with 3 electrical motors, 2 of which are astatine each beforehand wheels, portion the 3rd is mounted to the transmission. Aston Martin present says the combo makes 997 horsepower, which is simply a spot much than past we heard.

Only 999 of the carbon-tubbed supercars volition beryllium built and Aston mentioned that they volition person a prototype acceptable earlier the extremity of the twelvemonth with accumulation starting successful 2024.