Aston Martin had first confirmed it was going to produce two other mid-engine supercars to follow the Adrian Newey–designed Valkyrie in 2019. Then release rendered images of what become known as the Valhalla at that particular point. Then there was a change in the company’s senior management last year. Lawrence Stroll led a consortium that took control of the English company and the former AMG boss Tobias Moers who arrived as the CEO, This had led to a daring new direction for the car.

Aston Martin Valhalla

In fact, the Valhalla name will remain. As well as some of the original design concepts live on. Yet now, almost everything else has changed. Red Bull Racing’s connection with the car has been broken now that Aston has its own Formula 1 team. Moreover, Valhalla will now use an AMG-sourced V-8 in place of the hybridized V-6 engine. Aston had in the past committed to building itself. Now it will also be a plug-in hybrid with an electrically powering front axle. In fact, production won’t be limiting to 500 cars. Moreover, the outline pricing has falling quite a bit from the $1.3 million we were originally told to expect.

Then back in May, Moers said on the new V-6 which had barely started when he arrived at Aston, the company was making the swap to AMG power an obvious decision. The mid-mounted 4.0-liter twin-turbo V-8 will be based on the flat-plane-crank engine produced for the AMG GT Black Series. It will be capable of revving to 7200 rpm. Then making it 740 horsepower. In fact, company insiders have also indicated that the engines will be hand-built from AMG-supplied components in Great Britain.

Moreover, the V-8 will, in fact, send drive to the rear axle through a new eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox. It is from the Italian supplier Graziano. Moreover, it will be supplementing by two electric motors. Thus one powering the front axle. Then the other blending assistance with the combustion engine at the rear through the transmission. Then together, Astron does say these can, in fact, add up to 200 horsepower. It would make for a peak combined output of 937 horsepower.