2020 will go down in history as the year that saw Aston Martin starting production of the Valkyrie. Seriously now, Gaydon's naturally aspirated V12 (+ electric muscle) 1,160 hp hypercar is as memorable as they get. And with all 150 build slots already allocated, owners are now seeking to ensure no two cars look the same.
These days, when a collector gets to adorn his or her garage with such a machine, one of the first steps is to work with a digital artist - the latter can easily come with renderings portraying exploratory specs.
And while I'm not exactly among the lucky few (got a napkin?), I've been keeping an eye on pixel master Marco van Overbeeke, who loves to deliver the kind of pixel work described above, as well as digitally paint all sorts of other eye candy.
The freelance designer has played with the aero-dictated styling cues of the Valkyrie in countless ways, but the work in the Instagram posts below really set my heart on fire and not just because, like so many of you, I love The Beatles.
To put it shortly, the artist has put the prototype racer greenhouse of the hybrid hypercar to good use, helping us imagine the car as The Yellow Submarine - you'll find the song below, so you don't have to go searching for it.
Of course, since the original album cover also shows red accents on the yellow vessel, the penning master came up with both an all-yellow approach that makes a stronger point and a configuration that mixes the two said hues.
"When thinking about extreme specs for this car I thought about masking the whole car apart from the DLO (daylight opening). Because the windshield and side windows are unusually small (similar to LMP1/2 race cars) it made me think of a submarine. The result is a bit unusual but also very unique. Making it yellow and thinking about The Beatles automatically gives this concept the most iconic submarine name there is," the artist explains on Instagram.
Speaking of the LMP1 endurance racing class, keep in mind this is the last year for it, since the Le Mans Hypercar tier will take its place - we're looking at modern-day homologation specials that connect race cars to road versions, with the Aston Martin Valkyrie obviously being on the list.
In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist. Full profile
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