The Aston Martin Valhalla is undergoing final validation on UK roads and at a track near Barcelona in Spain. Aston Martin engineers, along with test pilot and Le Mans driver Darren Turner, are pushing Valhalla to its limits. Testing is happening at multiple locations within the Idiada proving ground in Spain, including on high-speed circuits and wet and dry handling circuits. The steering, active aerodynamics and thermal braking system are being fine-tuned. One of the cars is undergoing final damper calibration on UK roads.
Simon Newton, director of vehicle performance and attributes, said, “For the engineering and dynamics teams, the unprecedented dynamic bandwidth that distinguishes Valhalla from its rivals has presented many new opportunities during development. With a combination of 1,079ps and 1,100Nm via the hybrid powertrain, extreme performance is a given. To harness and refine the power to deliver an exceptional supercar experience on both road and track has meant tireless work has gone into the integration of active aerodynamics and integrated control systems.”
Valhalla is a car full of firsts for Aston Martin. It’s the brand’s first series-production mid-engine supercar, its first plug-in hybrid and the first production model with a dedicated EV range. Under the hood, it’s powered by a bespoke 4.0-liter twin-turbo flat-plane crank V8 – the most powerful V8 ever fitted to an Aston Martin. It also debuts the brand’s new 8-speed DCT, which features an integrated e-motor and an electronic rear differential. Additionally, Valhalla is the first to feature all-new front-axle twin motors, enabling torque vectoring and contributing to the all-wheel-drive system.
Production of Valhalla is set to commence in Q2 of 2025; just 999 units will be made.