Aston Martin unveils Valhalla

Aston Martin has officially taken the wraps off of the production version of the Valhalla hypercar.

Unveiled in pre-production guise just over a year ago, the now buyer ready Valhalla has had its styling revised to include a wraparound “one-piece” lower air intake and newly designed LED headlights.

Said to weigh less than 1 550kg as a result of the body and actual tub being made out of carbon fibre, the Valhalla is claimed to produce 600kg of downforce at 240km/h thanks to not only the design of its body and aerodynamics, but also the rear wing and twin venturi tunnels on either side of the diffuser.

Equipped with what Gaydon refers to as adaptive spool valve dampers that adjust depending on whether a road or track is detected, as well as variable springs and a pushrod front suspension originating from the brand’s return to Formula 1 this year, the Valhalla also boasts carbon ceramic brakes with brake-by-wire technology and model bespoke 20-inch alloy wheels at the front and 21-inches at the rear wrapped in tyres made specially for the car by Michelin.

The Valhalla’s cabin is said to be more spacious than that of the Valkyrie with a touchscreen infotainment system with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, dual-zone climate control, adjustable pedals, Adaptive Cruise Control, Autonomous Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Warning, Blind Spot Monitoring and a reverse camera.

The biggest difference from the pre-production Valhalla is the power unit, where Aston has dropped the electrified twin-turbo 3.0-litre V6 engine for what it says is a bespoke twinblown 4.0-litre V8, which is however believed to be the same Mercedes-AMG made unit used in the Vantage.

Tweaked to deliver 552kW on its own, Aston has paired the V8 up with two electric motors mounted on the front and rear axles, which produce 150kW in combined form.

In total though, the plugin hybrid setup punches out 699kW/1 000Nm that translates into a claimed top speed of 330km/h and 0-100km/h in 2.5 seconds.