RE: Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro: Geneva 2018
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It’s still not pretty but it is certainly interesting to look at.
Same as the Senna, if you saw one in the wild you’d want to take a closer look regardless of whether you like the styling or not.
I just hope they manage to actually build it as I have heard rumours of a very troubled development.
I do also struggle with the £3m price given the alternatives.
But if they can sell them, who cares what I think.
Same as the Senna, if you saw one in the wild you’d want to take a closer look regardless of whether you like the styling or not.
I just hope they manage to actually build it as I have heard rumours of a very troubled development.
I do also struggle with the £3m price given the alternatives.
But if they can sell them, who cares what I think.
There's another you tube vid of this where one of the head design guys says it'd be top ten in a f1 race and podium at Le Mans. I really struggle to believe that but would be glad to be proven wrong, either way this has the potential to be outrageously fast - Great stuff. Who doesn't want to see what can be done by designer greats with little in the way of constraints?
The head design guy also said that it's approx. 85 percent done.
Dunc.
The head design guy also said that it's approx. 85 percent done.
Dunc.
bloomen said:
If I wanted something thrilling, super fast and track only I'd just buy an old F1 or Group C car. I well and truly don't get cars of this strain. They seem pointless.
Profit. Going a bit deeper I imagine these are great engineering projects for the guys at the factory to get their teeth into. On a practical level I imagine these start and go a little easier than an old F1 car too, although presumably most/all of these will only ever be run at AM organised track days anyhow.
Given the sudden influx of these cars I did wonder if we were seeing the beginnings of a new 'road-based' era in LMP1. We know LMP1 is up in the air with almost no major support now, and this would seem to be the only workable way of going back to a road-derived top category that is viable to manufacturers and quick enough to actually form a top category (i.e. quicker than LMP2).
Macboy said:
This is the automotive embodiment of the green puking emoji for me. Downforce, engineering, Newey, all sold blah blah. Every new iteration and public showing it looks worse than the last time I saw it.
like any piece of s
t, the faster it goes the more of a splashing mess it makes on the surroundings...FourWheelDrift said:
It probably doesn't have to look after it's tyres in an F1 race and at Le Mans just wait for the Toyotas to break down. 
It does make you wander what competition some of these track specials could actually be used in (if any), some series have very open regs though.
Dunc.
FourWheelDrift said:
dunc_sx said:
There's another you tube vid of this where one of the head design guys says it'd be top ten in a f1 race and podium at Le Mans.
It probably doesn't have to look after it's tyres in an F1 race and at Le Mans just wait for the Toyotas to break down. (No Regs, in which case, i'll just remove the fuel flow limit from a current F1 engine, which means an easy 1000bhp, take out the plank so it sits back on the floor where the aero can actually work, and watch the Valkyrie go backwards in my mirrors easy peasy.......)
bloomen said:
If I wanted something thrilling, super fast and track only I'd just buy an old F1 or Group C car. I well and truly don't get cars of this strain. They seem pointless.
It all make sense when you see one revving away outside Harrods in rush hour traffic - especially when it is wrapped in white gold.
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