Aston’s partnership to Mercedes offers British brands alternatives.
Mercedes and Aston Martin signed a deal late last year that saw the German automaker double its stake in the British brand from 2.6 to 20%. The revised deal allowed Aston to access Mercedes’ hybrid and electrical powertrains. This could spell doom for Aston’s custom V6 that it is developing for its Valhalla hypercar. Tobias Moers, Aston’s boss, said that the Valhalla may arrive with a different engine from what was expected.
Aston announced the 2019 hypercar using a turbocharged V6 and a battery-electric hybrid system. It was said that it would produce approximately 1,000 horsepower (746 kilowatts) Later, it clarified that the hypercar would be powered by a turbocharged V6 paired with a battery-electric hybrid system. new 3.0-liter unit Although Aston did not note the target output, All that money and time may have gone unnoticed. Autocar According to Aston, the company is currently evaluating the Valhalla model. Aston is yet to choose which Mercedes powertrains they will use, so all options are open at the moment.
Moers says that the Valhalla will likely have a “different drivetrain” than the one seen in the 2019 concept. Moers says that a new Valhalla version will be presented to buyers in the next four months. However, we won’t know more until customers are informed. Mercedes offers a variety of hybrid powertrains that Aston could use. We’ll need to wait to see what British automaker decides.
Limited-run hypers will be priced at PS875,000 (1.2 million at current exchange rate). Moers had suggested that Aston was still developing a hybrid powertrain late last year. However, he also noted that Aston does have other powertrains. Aston will have to confirm its next steps before it arrives in 2023.