Speccing a Aston Martin Valkyrie

[PantsFire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH2nDhBJrNI

MrJWW creates a specification for an Aston Martin Valkyrie that is actually going to get built. About 10 minutes into it myself and I am already agog at the layered carbon and the three micron thick badge.

[henrycrun]

Valkyrie ?
I'd start with uprating the first aid kit - followed by helmet, horns and shield !

[BlackTails]

Mr JWW is back with some insight into some of the tech in a Valkyrie. Amazing aerodynamic stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJcbZ1KLMd8

The engine note sounds quite utilitarian, but if it is as fast as an LMP2 car out of the showroom, who cares?

[n12maser]

This car is INSANE.

Mods - when is Aston being moved into the supercar section of Pheads?!

[Jon39]

Does anyone know when deliveries are expected to begin ?

It sounds as though several F1 drivers are customers.
I think David Coultard has said he is on the list, and presumably Adrian Newey, Christian Horner, and Max Verstappen will receive one.
Wonder about the second Red Bull driver, because there have been changes, since the Valkyrie order book closed. Perhaps Daniel Ricciardo.

[shinjuku]

Interesting car, and impressive to see it being made. I hope they make enough money on them...

Oh, and good old Mr BrylcreemAndLeatherJacket JWW.

[leerandle]

From what I heard, with the limited number of 150 road cars, there were only going to be about 30 for 'public' sale.

This is the one car that I am truly looking forward to seeing in the flesh.

A proper hyper car and gets Aston into another league.....

[Jon39]

shinjuku said:

.... I hope they make enough money on them...

Dr. Palmer has indicated that the high development costs might even make break even difficult. However, as it will be Aston Martin's (almost) first mid-engined car, it is a quick way to demonstrate engineering ability for the mid-engined models which follow.

You probably know that the Vanquish, is due to be the first mid-engined core model. - Beautiful.

[n12maser]

yep, whether they break even on Valkyrie itself is neither here nor there.

It provides the longer-term positioning of AML as a legit hypercar-maker alongside the likes of Porsche, Ferrari, McLaren. This will indirectly feed sales of the whole range whether mid-engine or otherwise.

[Scrump]

n12maser said:

This car is INSANE.

Mods - when is Aston being moved into the supercar section of Pheads?!

Supercar?

[Jon39]

Scrump said:

Supercar?

Ridiculed yes, but I understand it is now one of the slowest depreciating core model Aston Martins.

Who would have believed it ?

[V8LM]

Jon39 said:

Does anyone know when deliveries are expected to begin ?

It sounds as though several F1 drivers are customers.
I think David Coultard has said he is on the list, and presumably Adrian Newey, Christian Horner, and Max Verstappen will receive one.
Wonder about the second Red Bull driver, because there have been changes, since the Valkyrie order book closed. Perhaps Daniel Ricciardo.

Or Lance Stroll.

[shinjuku]

Jon39 said:

Ridiculed yes, but I understand it is now one of the slowest depreciating core model Aston Martins.

Who would have believed it ?

I thought this at the time.

It's the antithesis to the DBX. Love it.

[Buster73]

Jon39 said:

Scrump said:

Supercar?

Ridiculed yes, but I understand it is now one of the slowest depreciating core model Aston Martins.

Who would have believed it ?

A friend of mine has one , she gets approached all the time with offers to buy it.

[Exitleft]

Being discounted already?? I know this is a Vulcan but makes me wonder if the idea of hypercar Halo models will work with Aston - will the brand support it? Hope so.

Edited by Exitleft on Friday 20th December 16:13

[chriscmore]

The Vulcan is an especially silly model, as it's not even able to drive on our roads. An airplane would be a more sensible purchase.

[cayman-black]

Exitleft said:

Being discounted already?? I know this is a Vulcan but makes me wonder if the idea of hypercar Halo models will work with Aston - will the brand support it? Hope so.

Edited by Exitleft on Friday 20th December 16:13

Let me know when it's £1050 per month, please.

[Jon39]

The Aston Martin Cleveland USA dealer bought a new Vulcan, which was immediately advertised for sale.

There was/is a YouTube video of it being driven on the road. Police cars could be seen on occasions in the background, blocking traffic!
I don't think we could ever expect such helpful cooperation in the UK, for a track only car.

Funnily enough, that car was also red. The one for sale has done 189 miles in 4 years, and I see the selling dealer also has an outlet in Cleveland.
That either proves nothing at all, or if it is the same car, perhaps they are hoping for more wealthy customers in Beverley Hills, than Cleveland.



Edit - here is the 2015 video
https://youtu.be/8F_zeEVJa8c

Edited by Jon39 on Friday 20th December 20:01