Aston Martin pushes Valhalla back to late 2023, says updates are necessary

Aston Martin had originally planned to introduce its mid-engined Valhalla hypercar later this year and bring it to the market in 2022, but plans have changed. According to CEO Tobias Moers, the model will undergo major changes before it comes out.

Among other things, the Valhalla may end up with an entirely different powertrain. It remains a mystery just why the British supercar maker decided against using the originally announced hybrid system based on a proprietary 3.0-liter twin-turbo V6 design. Perhaps the TM01 Series engine was too difficult or too expensive to produce. At any rate, the Valhalla was the first production vehicle set to receive it.

The way things stand now, Aston Martin may as well turn to Mercedes-Benz for help with the powertrain. To that end, it may wind up with the 1.6-liter V6 mill of the Mercedes-AMG One, rated at 759 PS (749 hp / 558 kW). The engine is an experimental road-legal modification of a Formula One racecar six-cylinder.

The Valhalla was envisioned as a comparatively affordable supercar priced under €1 million, which is one-third of the cost of the Aston Martin Valkyrie. The planned production run was initially reported as 500 units.