Aston Martin hypercar costs £355k in maintenance alone

OWNERS of a rare £2.4 million “hypercar” face a £355,000 bill just to keep their luxury motors running, it has been reported.

With fewer than 300 models ever made, Aston Martin’s Valkyrie is one of the rarest – and most expensive – cars on the market. But there are drawbacks to owning a vehicle designed like a Formula One racing car.

Servicing the Valkyrie could cost owners £355,000 over three years, according to report by Bloomberg.

The bill is a result of the car – which has a 0 to 60 mph time of only 2.5 seconds – requiring motor-sport engineers to maintain it.

It far exceeds the upkeep cost of other hypercars such as the Bugatti Chiron and Bugatti Veyron.

A more affordable service plan of £270,000 over three years is also available, according to a customer email seen by Bloomberg News. An Aston Martin spokesman said cheaper service plans are available depending on the needs of the customer.

“We offer a range of highly specialised service plans for the car, aligned to the bespoke requirements and specific usage of our Valkyrie customers,” the spokesman told Bloomberg.

The British car company limited the Valkyrie to 150 coupé versions, as well as 85 open-top Spider models, with detachable roofs, and 40 of the trackonly AMR Pro variant.

Designs for the car were first released in 2017 but its launch was delayed repeatedly due to electronics issues.

The first deliveries were not made to customers until 2021 and the cars are still in production.

All models have already been allocated to customers so there are none currently for sale.

It is not known how many have been bought by UK customers, but English supercar dealer Tom Hartley Jnr reportedly owned one in 2022.