Thinking back on the history of Aston Martin there have been many great cars. As you mentally scroll the highlights, you’ll realize there are exactly zero mid-engined cars, until now. It makes me laugh to think that the Chevrolet Corvette, which had a mid-engine concept car decades ago, beat Aston Martin in the mid-engine and hybrid game. The difference is that Aston Martin is a hypercar of the uppermost crust.
Powering the Valhalla is a 4.0L twin-turbo V8 and three e-motors (two on the front axle) sending power through an 8-speed dual-clutch transmission and hydraulically actuated electronic rear differential. Total output with all the electric bits going at full tilt, you’ll have 1064 horsepower and 811 pound-feet of torque on tap. You’d be right to think it likely had a scant weight about it. The dry weight is said to be 3649 pounds and with today’s hybrids, that pretty much makes this car a Miata.
Along with a host of trick active aerodynamics, this car is said to achieve 0-60 mph in around 2.5 seconds with a top speed electronically limited to 217 mph. Downforce is reported to be in excess of 1320 pounds keeping the Aston between the ditches and it is allowed to “bleed off” the front and rear wings to allow for maximum attack to get the car to maximum speed.
Like the prototype cars you see leaving the pits silently and then hearing the roar of the race engines as they exit, the Valhalla has similar technology. Valhalla can be driven up to 80 miles in pure EV mode and silently start. As the battery goes flat, the 4.0L V8 roars to life in sport mode, the default setting. Two additional modes of Sport+ and Race can also be dialed in for enough oomph to send you straight to Valhalla (pun intended). Race mode allows for the rear wing to deploy as an air brake and work with the active front wing to ensure perfect stability and braking.
Aston Martin Performance Team was tapped to make the chassis with their F1 knowledge. Valhalla’s dry weight is kept low via the use of a bespoke carbon fiber tub. The lower section of the tub weighs a scant 164 pounds. The weight being kept low allows Valhalla to have a power-to-weight ratio of 652 horsepower per 1000kg (2204 lbs.)
Come get it while it’s hot, they’re not making many of these halo hypercars. Production is capped at 999 units and pricing is likely more than any of us will make in over a decade. The Aston Martin Valhalla will be released in the second half of 2025, go configure yours now over at their website.
Cheers!
M. T. Blake
Wicked placement of the exhaust, though I hope one can opt for more comfortable seats cause the ones in the pictures seem like the occupant’s bottom might be feeling a lot of Valhalla, if sat on for a long duration