Aston Martin turned 110 this 12 months, and to have fun the automaker on Tuesday launched a brutish V-12 sports activities automobile referred to as the Valour.
Arriving for the 2024 mannequin 12 months, simply 110 examples shall be constructed for worldwide sale, and Aston Martin is within the means of allocating these constructed slots.
Primarily based on the Aston Martin bonded-aluminum sports activities automobile platform that underpins all the model’s fashions, the automobile is paying homage to the Victor supercar unveiled in 2020, a one-off creation based mostly on the platform of Aston Martin’s One-77 supercar. Like that mannequin, the Valour options retro styling impressed by the muscle car-like V8 Vantage of the Nineteen Seventies and ’80s and DBS V8-based RHAM/1 race automobile nicknamed the Muncher that ran in a number of 24 Hours of Le Mans races throughout the ’70s.
“At Aston Martin our design is at all times progressive, however in terms of celebrating a major milestone, on this occasion our a hundred and tenth birthday, we enable ourselves a bit latitude,” Miles Nurnberger, Aston Martin’s director of design, mentioned in an announcement. “Consequently, Valour is gloriously unapologetic—an old-school brute refined and reimagined by means of the lens of 2023.”
2024 Aston Martin Valour
The Valour packs Aston Martin’s turbocharged 5.2-liter V-12, tuned right here to ship 705 hp. As a substitute of the automated transmissions the engine is often hooked to, together with within the remaining V12 Vantage, the engine will get a bespoke 6-speed guide transmission for Valour obligation. Drive goes to the rear wheels through a mechanical limited-slip differential.
Aston Martin may not provide such a mix once more, because the automaker refers back to the Valour as a tribute to a golden period of driving.
Past the drivetrain, the Valour advantages from a singular suspension setup with adaptive dampers, springs, and anti-roll bars, along with particular tuning of the automobile’s stability and traction management techniques and varied drive modes. The chassis additionally options reinforcements like shear panels entrance and rear, bracing across the fuel tank, and a rear strut tower brace.
2024 Aston Martin Valour
2024 Aston Martin Valour
2024 Aston Martin Valour
Stopping energy comes from commonplace carbon-ceramic brake rotors clamped down by 6-piston calipers up entrance and 4-piston calipers within the rear. The brake package deal is housed inside a set of 21-inch wheels with a sample just like the wheels used on the DBS 770 Final. The wheels mount Michelin Pilot Sport S 5 tires that debuted on the brand new DB12, and measure a meaty 325/30 on the rear. The entrance pair are 275/35s.
The physique is crafted nearly totally from carbon fiber and consists of a big clamshell hood with a horseshoe vent and twin NACA ducts. The carbon fiber is uncovered in lots of areas, together with within the cabin the place it may be discovered on the doorways and middle console. The inside can also be wearing traditional supplies like woolen tweed impressed by the coverings of Aston Martin’s 1959 Le Mans-winning DBR1, which add much more character. Patrons can have loads of extra personalization choices to select from, too, together with hand-painted liveries, Aston Martin mentioned.
Manufacturing of the Valour will begin within the third quarter of the 12 months. The primary examples are slated to be delivered earlier than 2023 is out. Pricing data hasn’t been revealed, however count on the Valour to command between $1 million and $2 million.
