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The Aston Martin Valkyrie Looks Like a V12 Spaceship With Insane Aero

Remember when the hypercar world consisted of the three greats from McLaren, Porsche, and Ferrari? We’re on the brink of entering a new era of high-performance land missiles, and Aston Martin is willing to get a piece.
 Aston Martin Valkyrie on public roads 12 photos
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First things first, let’s talk about the competition. Mercedes-AMG has the ONE, a work of wonder that packs the turbocharged V6, MGU-H, and MGU-K from the W07 Hybrid Formula 1 racing car as well as two e-motors driving the front axles. Yup, there’s even an EV Mode!

Porsche still hasn’t got a successor for the 918 Spyder, so let’s head on over to McLaren. Speedtail is the name of the three-seat successor of the F1 from the 1990s, the company’s fastest road-legal car yet. Also hybridized but exclusively rear-wheel drive, the Speedtail tops 250 miles per hour.

And finally, we turn our attention back to Aston Martin. The Brits have the upper hand in terms of cylinder count, and speaking of the oily bits, Cosworth has that certain something over an in-house developed powerplant. At 6.5 liters, the V12 of the Valkyrie also happens to be the largest of the bunch.

Even more importantly, Aston Martin decided to keep things simple by opting for natural aspiration instead of forced induction. This allows the engine to rev ridiculously high, and the exhaust note is – let’s say aurally intoxicating.

The most important thing about the Valkyrie, however, is the extreme aero that comes courtesy of Red Bull Racing by way of chief technical officer Adrian Newey. You know, the guy who designed championship-winning cars for Williams and McLaren as well as the F1 team of Dietrich Mateschitz.

The car in the photo gallery is a near-production car, “navigating the roads nearby Silverstone” in the United Kingdom. More to the point, what Aston Martin tries to say on Twitter is that they’re “a step closer to first deliveries.” Only 150 units of the road-going model will ever be made, and the AMR Pro will number 25 examples of the breed.

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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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