The Aston Martin Valkyrie Sounds Like An Old F1 Car
The Mercedes-AMG One - as it’s now known - has the bragging rights of being powered by a powerplant derived from the company’s current F1 car. Transferring modern F1 tech to the road is an astonishing achievement, but there’s one notable snafu: the 1.6-litre V6s currently used in the sport aren’t exactly tuneful, are they?
The Aston Martin Valkyrie may not have an engine pinched from the top flight of single-seater racing (although it does have an F1-inspired energy recovery system), but its 6.3-litre Cosworth-sourced engine goes better than the fancy V6 in the Mercedes. It sounds like an F1 engine of the past, and that’s much, much more exciting to listen to.
Coinciding with Gaydon’s IPO launch, Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer today Tweeted a sound clip of the engine - undergoing bench testing, from the sounds of it - and good lord is it a glorious noise. Ignore the accompanying video, and you can easily picture Ayrton Senna thrashing the living daylights out of a McLaren MP4/6 or similar. It’s tremendous.
The hypercar will develop over 1000bhp, weigh around a tonne, and is reportedly capable of generating an incredible 1800kg of downforce. Palmer has previously said that it’ll lap Silverstone faster than a contemporary F1 machine. And remember, this is a road legal car.
150 road-going Valkyries will be built, along with a further 25 even more extreme, track-only ‘AMR Pro’ examples.
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Wow does it sound nice cant wait to hear it when it comes
HOLY SHIT SNACKS!!
So, it looks much better than the merc, sounds much better than the merc, so let’s hope it’s faster too
My god that is a magnificent noise!
BLISS
OH MY F UCKING JESUSHSHSJAJKAIWQIIQQ
FINALLY
Put this on a track, against the AMG-one, with the companies top drivers behind the wheels. Track battle of the century.
If you didn’t have a reason to work your ar$e until now, there it is
This might be one of the best cars ever built.
season opening on the grand tour: mercedes project one, Aston Martin Valkyrie, and Mclaren Speedtail/Rimac concept Two. it would be next level glory