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Oluwafemi Awodele
3 weeks ago
Overview
Aston Martin Valhalla
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.
But of course, it’s not alone, because coming along for a hotride across the plains (no doubt to Gas Town) are a triplet of electric motors (two on the front axle, one built into the gearbox) adding a further 248bhp to make an explosive headline of 1,065bhp and 811lb ft. Those front two motors also move the Valhalla in reverse (because there’s no reverse gear), while all three e-motors help fill the “fleeting” moments of turbo lag, and allow for a spot of boost under full beans.
(And yes, that means in the Valhalla’s ‘EV’ mode, this mid-engined supercar becomes a front-wheel-drive Aston. The shame!)
Said gearbox is a new hybridised eight-speed dual-clutcher delivering those ponies across all four wheels to enable 0-62mph in 2.5s and a limited top speed of 217mph. So it’s mighty. And speedy. And also downforce-y. At 149mph, the Valhalla develops 600kg of downforce which it then maintains until vmax using very clever active aero that bleeds off any excess for a consistent and stable ride, via a flap under the front splitter and a DRS system for the rear wing.
