Aston Martin Valhalla

Aston Martin Valhalla PHEV Supercar Starts Testing At Silverstone, Revealing New Details

Limited to 999 units, the Valhalla will have 998 horsepower from a hybrid twin-turbo V8.

Aston Martin first unveiled the Valhalla mid-engine supercar in concept form in 2019, saying that it would use a hybrid V6 engine and only 500 would be sold for more than $1 million each. Then, in 2021 Aston debuted the production-intent Valhalla design, announcing that it would instead use an AMG-based V8 hybrid setup and that 999 would be produced for around $800,000 each. Now, as a gift for the holidays, Aston has released the first images of a Valhalla prototype testing on track at Silverstone, reiterating that it will enter production in 2024.

While the design looks largely the same as what Aston has been showing us since 2021, there are a few significant differences. The lower side intakes have been reshaped to be larger and more angular, and the front splitter, side skirts and rear diffuser are lower and larger. The headlight design is less concept-like, and the early model’s Valkyrie-like floating taillight segments have been replaced with a simple thin light strip, at least for this prototype. Aston also fitted this prototype with goofy looking production-ready side mirrors, and the roof cutouts for the butterfly-wing doors look bigger.

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Aston Martin Valhalla PHEV Supercar Starts Testing At Silverstone, Revealing New Details

Limited to 999 units, the Valhalla will have 998 horsepower from a hybrid twin-turbo V8.
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Here are some new pictures of the 998bhp Aston Martin Valhalla in testing

Aston releases images of its V8 hybrid hypercar at Silverstone. We want one

We may not have any actual Formula 1 to get excited about each weekend right now, but Aston Martin is still using F1-derived tech to perk up our Fridays.

You see, it has just released new pictures of its upcoming mid-engined hypercar – called the Valhalla – testing on the Stowe Circuit at Silverstone. Looks fantastic even in that silly camouflage, doesn’t it?

We mention F1 tech because the Valhalla is built around a bespoke carbon fibre tub and apparently deploys a seating position that’s inspired by the AMR23 F1 car. There’s fancy aero too, with venturi tunnels, that rear wing and a massive rear diffuser combining to create 600kg of downforce at 150mph. Shame Aston hasn’t let us see that rear end just yet.

 
The 1,065bhp, V8-hybrid Aston Martin Valhalla supercar has arrived

The 4WD son-of-Valkyrie is here to give the Ferrari F80 and McLaren W1 nightmares… for a fraction of the price

The first series-production mid-engined Aston Martin supercar. The first to bear a battery and electric motors. The first to use a flat-plane crank V8 and have an EV-only range of nine miles. The first to be made in honour of Mad Max: Fury Road. Wait, no, not that. Three out of four ain’t bad.

And neither is the new Aston Martin Valhalla, at least not in light of these shiny new production specifications revealed ahead of first deliveries in the second half of 2025. Safe to say this thing’s packing a tonne of firepower. Which feels like a good place to start.

At its heart – literally, it’s in the middle of the car – sits Aston’s bespoke new 4.0-litre twin-turbo flat-plane crank V8, which just happens to be the most powerful V8 ever slotted inside an Aston.

It’s a fancy V8, too, its turbos delivering 20 per cent more air per hour than those on the DBX707, ignition constantly alternating between both banks for better combustion, plus new cams and manifolds. On its own, this eight-cylinder – very loosely derived from the engine in the Merc-AMG GT Black Series - produces 817bhp.

 
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