Imagine taking a car that almost won Le Mans last year, making it street legal, and selling it private buyers. This is exactly what Aston Martin did with the Valkyrie LM - a 1140 hp hybrid beast with only 40 units available worldwide. priced at roughly $4 million each, it is more than just a fast car - it has license plates on it but is essentially a Formula 1 car. The funniest part? Aston thinks they will actually be driven on the street, although the carbon fiber chassis probably won't be able to handle too many potholes.
What does the Valkyrie LM do uniquely?
The Valkyrie is not your ordinary hypercar. It uses the same 6.5-liter V12 hybrid powertrain from Aston's Le Mans racer, and an ear-shattering 11,000 rpm redline which will leave your ears ringing for the next days. The aerodynamics produce more downforce so you could theoretically drive upside down in a tunnel (but please don't actually try this). There's a bare-bones cockpit, an F1-like steering wheel, and a seat molded your body - because when you are pulling 2G in the corners, you are not going to want to be sliding around.
Why Only 40 People Will Get to Experience This
Aston Martin could sell hundreds of these things; while making this model into a limited production item, they are sticking with a number of only 40- and the buyers only get to buy the car if they can prove they are going to be able to handle the power by passing a "track competency test." The amount of time for building each car is over 2,500 hours, and Cosworth has engineers working on the assembly of the V12 CMA engine for six weeks, just to assemble each by hand. The fortunate few include racers, multi-millionaire collectors of vehicles, and at least one American buyer who traded in three Paganis for the right to own this British beast.
Valkyrie LM by the Numbers
| Spec | Detail |
| Engine | 6.5L V12 + hybrid |
| Power | 1,140 hp |
| Redline | 11,000 rpm |
| 0-60 mph | 2.3 seconds |
| Top Speed | 225 mph |
| Downforce | 2,646 lbs at 150 mph |
| Production | 40 units |
| Price | ~$4 million |
Conclusion
The Valkyrie LM is what may be the last great combustion-engine hypercar before things go fully electric. It's not just fast - it sounds like the gates of heaven (or hell) opening at 11,000 revolutions per minute. For the small handful of the very wealthy who will purchase the LM, which sells for a whopping £1.8 million, this is about as close as they will get to owning a Le Mans winner. We can only sit back and wait to watch the LM drive by or dream about what kind of power it has!
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