Gaydon, UK — If Thor traded Mjölnir for a set of wheels, it would almost certainly be the Aston Martin Valhalla. The British marque’s boundary-breaking, Norse-god-named supercar has officially entered its final validation testing phase, with engineers and motorsport royalty putting the 1079PS PHEV beast through its paces across UK roads and the IDIADA proving grounds in Spain.
Pictures released today show the Valhalla stretching its carbon-fibre legs on track and tarmac alike — painted in Podium Green with Lime Green accents (because subtlety is for mortals), Verdant Jade with Valkyrie Gold, and a Satin Scintilla Silver variant that’s clearly been styled by someone who knows how to make silver look like a mood.
Behind the wheel is none other than three-time Le Mans class winner and Aston Martin development driver Darren Turner, tasked with making sure this $800,000+ land missile doesn’t just go fast — it goes divinely.
“Extreme performance is a given,” said Simon Newton, Director of Vehicle Performance and Attributes, before presumably walking away from a controlled explosion in slow motion. “Harnessing that into a car that’s as comfortable annihilating a track day as it is doing the school run in EV mode has taken some serious engineering wizardry.”
Valhalla is a car of many firsts for Aston Martin:
- First mid-engine series production model
- First plug-in hybrid
- First production Aston with a flat-plane crank 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 (delivering 828PS alone)
- First with front axle twin e-motors enabling torque vectoring
- First to use the all-new 8-speed Dual Clutch Transmission with built-in e-motor and E-diff
If all that doesn’t sound sufficiently futuristic, its all-wheel-drive setup, active aerodynamics, and a suite of track-tuned control systems surely seal the deal. Oh, and it can rocket from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.5 seconds and top out at a cool 350 km/h (217 mph). Fast enough to outrun any pantheon.
Only 999 Valhallas will be built, starting Q2 2025 — making it rarer than most Scandinavian deities’ screen time in Marvel Phase 4.
As the Valhalla wraps its validation phase, Aston Martin seems poised to offer the world a supercar not just engineered for performance, but practically touched by the gods — or at least very talented British engineers with a divine sense of drama.
Whether you’re a track day warrior or simply a mythology enthusiast with very deep pockets, the Valhalla might just be your ticket to automotive Asgard.
