Aston Martin wants the milestone pass, but not without showing it off.
The Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar is now on the road. The company has released a gallery of spy shots that show the vehicle on the street as a mark of the latest development.
This navy blue paint scheme, with matte black accents, makes the Valkyrie look a lot more stealthy than its wild, orange-striped design from Silverstone. Despite the fact that the Aston Martin looks nothing like any other car on the road, it draws a lot of attention as it drives down the highway.
Aston Martin plans to build 150 Valkyrie units, 25 of which will be the track-only AMR Pro version. Each of the cars costs PS2.5 million (or $2.96 million at current exchange rates). All of them have already been ordered. Andy Palmer, the company boss, believes there was enough interest that he could take 900 reservations. Deliveries will begin in the second half 2020.
The Valkyrie is powered by a Cosworth-designed 6.5-liter naturally-aspirated V12 that produces 1,000 horsepower (746kW) at 10,500 revs and with a redline of above 11,000 rpm. The hybrid system adds an additional boost to the total system output, increasing it to 1,160 horsepower (865 kW) as well as 664 pound-feet (900 Newton-meters), of torque.
This prodigious power has a downside: Cosworth must take the engine apart every 62,137 mile (100,000 km). Cosworth must inspect the block for cracks, then rebuild the engine and replace the valves.
Aston Martin has delayed and may even have dropped plans to take the Valkyrie racing at Le Mans in the new hypercar category, despite having previously planned to do so.