Aston Martin Valkyrie

WATCH: Volume up for the Supernova Red V12 Valkyrie on track

This Supernova Red V12 Valkyrie, named after Scandinavian Mythology, has appropriately appeared in strutting its stuff at a racetrack in Norway. Since its screaming V12 dominates the soundtrack, we suggest cranking the volume up.

This Supernova Red V12 Valkyrie, potentially one of the most striking of the 150 Aston Martin limited edition hypercars produced, has been spotted in action at the Rudskogen Motorsenter. The unnamed owner, who boasts it is the only Valkyrie in Norway, took to the racetrack South East of Oslo and thankfully brought a crew to document his escapades too.

This means that a video provided after his endeavours on the racetrack and documented by Kyle Meyr and Mats Andersen means we get to enjoy the screaming 865 kW motor to ourselves. This includes a host of photos showing the intricate hypercar from multiple different angles as well as some on track rolling-shots of the prominent red paintwork which stands out on the overcast day.

This specific model, with chassis number 69 is powered by the same aural V12 as any other Valkyrie. The 6,5-litre hybrid can achieve a 0-100 km/h sprint time in less than 2,5 seconds before reaching its whopping 402 km/h top speed. Based on the track layout, we imagine that its intricate aero setup made it an apex hunting machine capable of thrashing whatever lap-record may have been previously set at the Rudskogen Motorsenter although no information on competitive times was provided.

https://www.carmag.co.za/news/supernova-red-v12-valkyrie-track/

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Aston Martin Valkyrie review

WHAT'S THE VERDICT?

“The Valkyrie is exotic and vastly exciting, and contains one of the most thrilling, visceral and intense internal combustion engines ever”

Firstly, we need to celebrate the fact that the Aston Martin Valkyrie has made it into production. For a long time that wasn’t a given. Secondly, what a piece of design. The skill with which the yin and yang of design and engineering have been blended into a compact hypercar that’s lower than a Ford GT40, is remarkable. It’s a fascinating car to pore over.

Yes, there are issues, and likely they all come down to not having the budget for further development. But the truism of the rarefied hypercar sector is that the more expensive the car, the less money there is to make it happen. If you want perfection, buy a Toyota. So the Valkyrie, with heavy F1 input, compromises in areas we’re not used to. Cabin noise is the stand out.

But look, the Valkyrie is exotic and vastly exciting, contains one of the most thrilling, visceral and intense internal combustion engines ever to punch a cylinder and accelerates like a paper dart with afterburners. It’s fabulously single-minded and a marker in the sand to all that might want to follow. Time, we’re sure, will judge it kindly.

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Aston Martin Valkyrie Review 2023 | Top Gear

The most single-minded hypercar ever to turn a wheel. Vast complication and compromise hand-in-hand with divine beauty and outlandish speed
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How Do You Ship a $3.5 Million Aston Martin Valkyrie? In a Big Box!

Watch as brave workers with cordless drills crate up an Aston Martin Valkyrie for customer delivery.

Say you’re a very fancy plutocrat, and you just got the notice from Aston Martin that your $3.5 million Valkyrie hypercar is finished. It’s been built to your exact specification, and now it just has to get from Jolly Ol’ England to your secret extinct volcano lair in the American southwest. How does it make that trip? In a big-ass crate, of course.

I don’t know what it is about this short, silent video of dudes boxing up a Valkyrie that I find so soothing, but maybe there’s just something about (screaming, 1,139 hp naturally aspirated V12) engines that calms me down. Perhaps it’ll do the same for you, or maybe you just like seeing things boxed up.

I don’t think I ever imagined that you could ship a car this way. But now that I’ve seen it, it makes perfect sense. Of course you put a car in a box.

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How Do You Ship a $3.5 Million Aston Martin Valkyrie? In a Big Box!

Watch as brave workers with cordless drills crate up an Aston Martin Valkyrie for customer delivery.
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Aston Martin wants Valkyrie owners to drive their cars, not store them away

Marek Reichman tells TG that sticking a Valk' in a museum is fine, but really, they should be sent on tunnel runs

You’ll need a cool £3m to buy an Aston Martin Valkyrie if you include taxes and options. And, thanks to the 126 decibel noise in the cabin, you’ll then need to wear headphones to drive the thing.
That might tempt some well-heeled owners into wrapping the car up in cotton wool and using it as an investment, but that’s not what Aston wants to see.

“Ultimately it’s up to the customer what they do,” said Aston’s creative boss Marek Reichman when he sat down with TG recently.

“If they want to buy a Valkyrie and stick it in a museum, great. But you want to hear and see them. You want to look at Instagram feeds of Valkyries driving through tunnels. That’s why we make them. You want people to enjoy them.”

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Aston Martin wants Valkyrie owners to drive their cars, not store them away

Marek Reichman tells TG that sticking a Valk' in a museum is fine, but really, they should be sent on tunnel runs
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