Aston Martin Valkyrie

Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro

First came the revolutionary Aston Martin Valkyrie road car. Now comes the radical evolution, in the sensational form of the new Valkyrie AMR Pro: a machine which takes a car designed to win the Le Mans 24 Hours as its starting point, then pushes further to explore extremes of performance unconstrained by racing regulations or registration for road use.

In 2019, Aston Martin, Adrian Newey, Red Bull Advanced Technologies (RBAT) and engineering partner Multimatic worked intensively on an Aston Martin Valkyrie race car design, aimed at winning the 24H Le Mans race in the new Hypercar class. That well advanced design has now formed the basis of the radical new Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro.


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Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro revealed as track-only hypercar

Le Mans concept-derived race car ditches road-going Valkyrie's hybrid system, is exclusively V12-powered

Aston Martin has revealed the 1000bhp Valkyrie AMR Pro, an 'extreme' track-only version of its new hypercar featuring a purely combustion-engined powertrain, which the firm claims can lap the Le Mans 24 Hours circuit in 3mins 20secs.

The new machine is based on development work for now-abandoned plans to develop a Le Mans Hypercar racing version of the Valkyrie that was developed by Aston, Red Bull Advanced Technologies and engineerting firm Multimatic. The original study resulted in a concept car shown at the 2018 Geneva show, which Aston described as an optimised track version of the road car.

The Valkyrie AMR Pro is a development of that concept, and because it does not need to meet motorsport regulations, Aston says it has been able to go further in several areas. The firm claims that the capabilities of the news machine 'far exceed' the original concept.

Aston boss Tobias Moers said: "Valkyrie AMR Pro is a project beyond compare, a true ‘no rules’ track-only version. The Valkyrie AMR Pro is testament to Aston Martin’s commitment to pure performance and this performance DNA will be evident in our future product portfolio."

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Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro revealed as track-only hypercar | Autocar

Le Mans concept-derived race car ditches road-going Valkyrie's hybrid system, is exclusively V12-powered
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Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro Revealed With 1,000 HP​


Three years ago, Aston Martin gave us our first look at the AMR Pro version of the Valkyrie and while that one was more of a concept, we are now looking at the production version.

The production offering has done away with the hybrid setup to reduce weight which brings output down to ‘just’ 1.000 hp. This is generated exclusively by the naturally aspirated 6.5-liter V12. Built by Cosworth, the engine revs to 11,000 rpm and is described as being the “masterpiece of internal combustion.”

To shed some more weight, Aston developed a full carbon fibre body and compared to a road-going Valkyrie, it has twice the downforce thanks to an extreme aero package enabling lateral acceleration of more than 3G.

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Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro Revealed With 1,000 HP

Only 40 cars (plus two prototypes) will be built and all are going to come in left-hand-drive specification.
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Extreme Valkyrie AMR Pro is a hypercar free from road and racing constraints

What would you get if you asked Aston Martin to create the ultimate Valkyrie hypercar? What if this car could be free from the shackles of road-legal compliance as well as race series regulations? The new Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro, revealed on Monday, is here to answer those questions.

Described as a car of “unprecedented potency and mind-blowing capabilities”, the new track car is an evolution of the Valkyrie Le Mans racer concept that was designed to win the legendary endurance race. Free from both the constraints of racing and road regulations, the Valkyrie AMR Pro features a modified chassis with a longer wheelbase and widened track as well as a unique aerodynamic package that adds 266 mm of length. Thanks to its modified overwing and underbody, the track car is said to provide “significantly more” downforce than the Valkyrie road car.

Powering the Valkyrie AMR Pro is a modified version of the Cosworth-sourced 6,5-litre V12 that revs all the way to 11 000 r/min. The road car’s hybrid system falls away, to save weight of course, but the internal combustion engine still manages to produce a wholesome 745 kW. Other weight-saving measures include ultra-lightweight carbon fibre bodywork, carbon suspension wishbones and perspex windscreen and side windows.

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Extreme Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro is a hypercar free from road and racing constraints

What would you get if you asked Aston Martin to create the ultimate Valkyrie hypercar? And what if this car could be free from the shackles of road-legal compliance as well as race series regulations?
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Aston Martin Valkyrie appears in public as market launch nears

Aston's 1160bhp, multi-million-pound V12 hypercar turns its wheels in public at Goodwood

Aston Martin's hypercar flagship, the Valkyrie, has taken to the Goodwood Festival of Speed hill climb in near-production guise ahead of the start of customer deliveries.

The 1160bhp mid-engined model drove its first miles on public roads late last year, around the brand's Silverstone engineering base.

It was driven by Aston test driver Chris Goodwin and will also be driven by a team of engineers, including those from Red Bull Advanced Technologies, who were integral in the Valkyrie's development. First deliveries are now tipped for the second half of 2020 - later than initially thought.

The Czinger 21C rival has already been put through its paces countless times on track, and earlier this year, a video was released of Red Bull Racing F1 drivers Alex Albon and Max Verstappen giving it the once over behind the wheel.

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Exclusive: Aston Martin Valkyrie ride with Tobias Moers​

We ride shotgun in Gaydon's 10000rpm V12 hypercar, with the man tasked with running the firm behind the wheel

The Valkyrie looks impossible from many angles, and that’s doubly true when you’re trying to work out how to get into it while being watched by a crowd of onlookers in Goodwood’s supercar paddock.

Beyond the high sides of the carbon tub the cockpit seems both tiny and distant. “There’s no dignified way to do it,” says Darren Turner, the former Aston Martinworks racer who has took the Valkyrie for its previous run up the hill course. “Stand on the seat and then slide yourself down.”

I make my inelegant ingress and land next to Aston boss Tobias Moers, already strapping himself into the driver’s seat. The passenger’s side is little more than padding on carbon, and the footwell is narrow, offset by the teardrop shape of the passenger compartment and with an enforced raised-knee position that is more bathtub than car.

Yet it works: I fit, and there’s headroom, too – although I will need to pretty much sit on my left arm to give Moers room to work the squared-off steering wheel. A ride in a Valkyrie would be worth a considerably greater level of discomfort.

There are no fewer than four screens sharing the tiny dashboard – two for digital mirrors, which show a sea of mechanics’ legs in the paddock - plus a data logger to supplement the central display. The view forwards through the impossibly narrow windscreen feels like it should belong to a jet fighter rather than a car.

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We ride shotgun in Gaydon's 10000rpm V12 hypercar, with the man tasked with running the firm behind the wheel
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Is Aston Martin about to reveal a roof-less Valkyrie?

New model to be revealed at Pebble Beach, promises to “extend the brand’s performance credentials”

Aston Martin says it’s bringing a new car to Monterey Car Week. And this is it.

Looks an awful lot like a Valkyrie, no? Perhaps we’re about to get a new or updated version of the company’s madcap V12 hypercar. In fact, check out the doors - the Valkyrie we know is gullwing, whereas this car's doors appear to be butterfly-style, hinged from the A-pillar and front wing rather than the roof (because there isn't one). Whack the brightness up, as we have done above, and you can clearly see the seats' headrests above the windscreen rail.

Aston says the new car “extends the company’s performance credentials a step further”. Either way, any day a new Aston Martin is revealed is A Good Day. So we'll be watching with interest. More info towards the end of next week.

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New Aston Martin Valkyrie roadster to arrive on 12 August
Aston Martin will celebrate 70 years of sales in the US with a new model unveiling at Pebble Beach next week

Aston Martin has previewed an open-roof version of its Valkyrie hypercar, which will be revealed in full next week at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in California.

The occasion has been chosen to mark the 70th anniversary of the first Aston Martin sold in the US.

Since the brand's launch in the country with the DB2 in 1951, some 25% of all Aston Martins built have been sold in North America.

To celebrate the anniversary of its US division, Aston Martin will host Pebble Beach showgoers at a private "luxury club house" nearby, where tribute will be paid to the "past and present" of the British brand with a historic model display and two new-car debuts.

The Valkyrie roadster will be shown privately at the event on Thursday 12 August before going on display from the 13th.

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Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider: V12 hypercar gets drop-top​

Just 85 convertibles will be built, featuring bespoke bodywork but no less power

The new open-top version of Aston Martin'sValkyrie hypercar is said to give "the most comparable experience to that of a Formula 1car not limited to the track".

Revealed at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance as part of Monterey Car Week in California, US, the Valkyrie Spider is limited to just 85 examples, a build run that Aston says is already "oversubscribed" ahead of customer deliveries beginning in mid-2022. Both right and left-hand-drive models will be available.

This is the third derivative of the Valkryie to be shown, following the near-ready standard coupé and the track-only AMR Pro coupé.

It represents a unique opportunity for a new open-roof, combustion-engined hypercar, as the Valkyrie's closest rivals, the McLaren Speedtail and Mercedes-AMG One, are sold as coupés only.

Power output from the Cosworth-developed hybridised V12 is unchanged, at 1160bhp, and revisions to the hypercard's carbonfibre tub and aerodynamics package ensure the Spider is closely matched to the hard-top in performance terms.

The active aerodynamics and chassis elements have been recalibrated to suit the car's new shape, while the weight penalty – usually a pitfall of convertible models – is kept to a minimum by use of a removable carbonfibreroof section and polycarbonate roof windows.

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Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider: V12 hypercar gets drop-top | Autocar

Just 85 convertibles will be built, featuring bespoke bodywork but no less power
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Welcome one and all to the Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider​

Aston has chopped the top off its V12 mega-ultra-hypercar. Prepare for noise

Great news for all those who put a deposit down on Aston’s £2.5million hard-topped hypercar, only to realise they couldn’t fit into Adrian Newey’s snug cabin – it’s the new Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider.

Chopping the roof off does seem a little at odds with the Valkyrie’s obsession with aero, but Aston claims the extra headroom makes it even more like an F1 car in its driving experience. Can’t argue with that.

Clearly the ‘standard’ Valkyrie’s gullwing doors couldn’t be transferred across to the Spider – they wouldn’t be much use attached to the new removeable carbon fibre panel. In their place are a pair of front-hinged butterfly doors with narrow letterbox windows, but the aforementioned roof panel will also get a couple of polycarbonate sections to let in light.

Forget rearranging a hairdo, though, the roofless Valkyrie will have a good go at tearing your barnet from your scalp. The 6.5-litre Cosworth V12 makes 1,000bhp on its own, remember, and it’s paired with an additional 160bhp electric motor for maximum attack. The Spider keeps all of the madcap underside aero trickery of the hardtop too.

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Welcome one and all to the Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider

Aston has chopped the top off its V12 mega-ultra-hypercar. Prepare for noise
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Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider​

The new Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider, unveiled at 2021 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, is a thrilling next-step in the progression of the Aston Martin Valkyrie bloodline. It promises an even more intense experience. One shaped by the unbeatable sensory stimulus that comes with roof-off driving in one of the world's most extreme hypercars. One that delivers the most comparable experience to that of an F1® car, not limited to the track.

The pursuit of open-top luxury comes with the challenge of ensuring the core experience remains true to Aston Martin and Adrian Newey's exacting performance objectives for the original Aston Martin Valkyrie programme. As these positioned Valkyrie at the very cutting-edge of hypercar design and engineering it means the Aston Martin Valkyire Spider has benefitted from unique engineering solutions born from the combined talents of Aston Martin and Red Bull Advanced Technologies (RBAT).

While the Aston Martin Valkyrie's unique 1155PS hybrid V12 powertrain remains unchanged, the Valkyrie Spider has received revisions to its carbon fibre structure, plus precise recalibration of both the active aerodynamic and active chassis systems. All with an eye to maintaining optimal Valkyrie performance when driven in a roof-off condition.

 
Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider revealed as 850 kW open-top hypercar

In order to expand even further on its hypercar programme, the Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider has been revealed as an open-top alternative to the coupe. Just 85 units of this new product will be offered to exclusive customers and deliveries will commence in the second half of next year.

Revealed at this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider promises an open-top experience that ensures the core experiences that remain true to the British manufacturer. Like the coupe, this example benefits from unique engineering solutions born from the combined talents of Aston Martin and Red Bull Advanced Technologies.

Using a naturally aspirated 6,5-litre V12 with a rev limit of 11 100 r/min, the Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider boasts a power output of 850 kW and 900 N.m of torque. No 0-100 km/h acceleration figure has been stated but it claims that, with the roof removed, the hypercar will reach a top speed of 330 km/h. With the roof attached, it’ll go all the way to 350 km/h.

Using an ultra-lightweight construction and high downforce aerodynamics package, the brand claims that the Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider will achieve a downforce pressure of 1 400 kg at 240 km/h.

The same driver focused cabin as found in the coupe sits at the heart of Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider. This includes the Formula One-inspired low hip-to-heel height and near-central seat positioning, along with a six-point safety harness to keep the occupants safely in the car. A centre rear-view camera system along with front and rear parking sensors will aid the driver at both high and low speeds, with displays sitting just above the instrument panel.

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Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider revealed as 850 kW open-top hypercar

In order to expand even further on its hypercar programme, the Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider has been revealed as an open-top alternative to the coupe. Just 85 units of this new product will be offered to exclusive customers and deliveries will commence in the second half of next year.
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