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Another British icon of the auto world, Aston Martin weighs in with another heavy hitter of a hypercar. It took quite some time to do so, however. The Valkyrie was first introduced in July of 2016, then known only as AM-RB 001. Top Gear quotes Aston Martin chief designer Marek Reichman as explaining that the name Valkyrie was chosen because “the connotations of power and honour– of being chosen by the Gods — are so evocative.”
The hypercar’s designers can clearly talk the talk, but the critical thing is that the Valkyrie is able to walk the walk to back it up. Those with a cool $3 million to buy the vehicle would quite rightly expect nothing less. The 2025 edition beats out its fellow British hypercar, McLaren’s Speedtail, in terms of its horsepower, offering a total of 1,139bhp (1,160 horsepower) with its Cosworth V12. This is a 6.5-liter naturally aspirated monster of an engine, supported by an electric motor that serves as a go-even-faster button should such a thing be necessary.
Alongside the Coupe, the Valkyrie family also includes the Spider, an open-top variant, and the AMR Pro, an edition that sacrificed the road-legal status of the Valkyrie in order to push speed even further still. This version was first seen at the Geneva Motor Show in 2018. Aston Martin, in a press release introducing the model, boasted that it is capable of speeds of 225 mph “even in high-downforce track configuration,” topping out at approximately 250 mph overall.
