Valkyrie [Official] Aston Martin - From AM-RB 001 to Valkyrie

[Jonathan19]

Looks like that official fuel consumption of 45.7 l/100km in the WLTP low cycle might be fairly accurate.

Mother of god! More that the W16!!!!

 

[bmwz4coupe]

Does it have enough fuel to make it around Nurnburgring at full atrack mode….?

 

[Bucketslash11]

Looks like that official fuel consumption of 45.7 l/100km in the WLTP low cycle might be fairly accurate.

isn't the car designed around low drag downforce, unless it's all down to the highly strung engine, and it's even a hybrid so how much do the E-motor aid the engine?

 

[Sunny]

And with a 50L fuel tank, that makes the range of the car about 109km. Which, now that I think about it, could actually be the worst range of any road car ever. The old V12 beasts with terrible fuel consumption like the Countach, for example, had huge (120L) fuel tanks to compensate.

So the German text in the image translates to the following in English:

- Restreichweite: Remaining range (132km)
- Durchschnittlicher Kraftstoffverbrauch: Average fuel consumption (46l/ 100km)
- Kraftstoffbehälterfüllstand: Fuel tank level (83%)
- Ladezustand HV-Batterie: Charge status of HV battery (82%)

So with full tank, that would convert to 160km/100 miles. Still pathetic.

 

[Moctecus]

If the other WLTP figures are also accurate, fuel economy improves drastically at higher speeds and more so than with some other supercars. The combined fuel consumption is between a Bugatti Chiron Super Sport (21.5) and a Pur Sport (25.2), but with exactly half the fuel tank capacity.
From the website:

Official government fuel consumption figures in litres/100km (mpg) for the Aston Martin Valkyrie: WLTP Low 45.7 (6.2); WLTP Medium 27.5 (10.3); WLTP High 20.9 (13.5); WLTP Extra High 16.8 (16.8); WLTP Combined 24.1 (11.7).
WLTP CO2 Emissions 543 g/km (NEDC Combined CO2 - not applicable).
Urban RDE trip NOx 85.8 mg/km; Complete RDE trip NOx 85.8 mg/km.

So just don't drive it in traffic or use any of its power, and the range can be over 200 km. On an empty Autobahn it may even approach 300 km.
By the way, a current F1 car while averaging up to 240.318 km/h (2023 Italian GP) over the ~305 km race distance, does at worst 45 l/100km.

 

[Revvd]

Somewhat relevant Porsche 919 anecdote:

Stefan Moser (Technical Director of Porsche 919 program) notes that when the car went from the starting grid around to the rolling start at Le Mans, it was driven at 50-100 kph, which is representative of roadcar speeds. It did so using around 7 litres per 100 km of fuel [140.35 mpg], which is also representative of contemporary roadcar consumption. "However, the roadcar would not have anywhere near the performance of the 919, which was designed to be efficient at 200-300 kph."

"We never tried to optimise the car for that first slow lap. There is a lot of fancy stuff the production car has, such as switching off cylinders. We never did that though, because it's worth more to improve the high-end area of the engine than the low end. But still, the concept it had meant we had very low fuel consumption."

 

[KiwiRob]

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It doesn't look like AM made any concessions for the one armed owner, I wouldnt want to be in it with him on a hot lap. However we now know (if anyone was wondering) a short fat man can fit and drive one.

 

[Revvd]

An interesting post from Exclusive Car Registry's instagram from two weeks ago.

Is the Valkyrie market crashing?

Given the recent result from RM Sotheby’s Dubai auction, it seems so. The Valkyrie pictured was offered in like-new condition with just 123km on the odometer and sold for a sum of $3,070,625.

If this Valkyrie, which cost the original owner in the mid-3 millions (USD) new, sold for just US$3 million with fees, how much did this collector LOSE on this sale when also factoring in the seller fees at auction? More than a $500k loss on a brand new Valkyrie?

Have we ever seen this before for such an anticipated and groundbreaking hypercar whilst it is still in production? About 100 of 150 Valkyrie (coupe) have been delivered, meaning that some owners have not yet received their cars and the value is already dropping.

 

[Bridster]

An interesting post

It remains to be seen if it's just a one time blip, or if it's a trend, but I wouldn't find it very surprising if it was the latter.

- Reliability issues
- Extremely limited actual use case - basically undrivable on the road
- Sucks on the track too because of overheating tires and small fuel tank
- Insane servicing intervals and costs
- Performance far away from what was promised/hyped

Of course, many who buy the car are just collectors who don't really care how the car is to drive, but many others want to drive it - even if rarely - and for those the Valkyrie probably isn't that appealing of a proposition. You are never taking the car on a road trip unless you are a masochist and A to A driving only works if you don't live in a major city and have good roads close by. And even though Valkyrie buyers will be very wealthy, paying hundreds of thousands for a major service (which doesn't increase the value of the car and which you are never getting back) will be hard to stomach even for them.

 

[A.P.]

It remains to be seen if it's just a one time blip, or if it's a trend, but I wouldn't find it very surprising if it was the latter.

- Reliability issues
- Extremely limited actual use case - basically undrivable on the road
- Sucks on the track too because of overheating tires and small fuel tank
- Insane servicing intervals and costs
- Performance far away from what was promised/hyped

Of course, many who buy the car are just collectors who don't really care how the car is to drive, but many others want to drive it - even if rarely - and for those the Valkyrie probably isn't that appealing of a proposition. You are never taking the car on a road trip unless you are a masochist and A to A driving only works if you don't live in a major city and have good roads close by. And even though Valkyrie buyers will be very wealthy, paying hundreds of thousands for a major service (which doesn't increase the value of the car and which you are never getting back) will be hard to stomach even for them.

Don't know where ECR got their numbers, but it sold within expectations of the owner/auction.

Sure, not the full $3.3 million, but almost in the middle at $3.07 million. Pretty well for a compromised road-legal track car with a Hot Wheels looking spec.

We live in times when someone pays over $15 million for an Aventador with a body-kit (carbon Veneno Roadster at First Motors), so nothing surprises me anymore.

Agree on many of the points with you, but there are some owners who are enjoying these on the road too. They post on Instagram from time to time of their drives...

 

[Tourbillon]

Don't know where ECR got their numbers, but it sold within expectations of the owner/auction.

Sure, not the full $3.3 million, but almost in the middle at $3.07 million. Pretty well for a compromised road-legal track car with a Hot Wheels looking spec.

We live in times when someone pays over $15 million for an Aventador with a body-kit (carbon Veneno Roadster at First Motors), so nothing surprises me anymore.

Agree on many of the points with you, but there are some owners who are enjoying these on the road too. They post on Instagram from time to time of their drives...

Exactly you've to triple check. That Hotcars site last year, simarily, put something out that was borderline trash from memory. Smh.

 

[Tourbillon]

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[Revvd]

 

[Revvd]

jet_collector posted some cool pictures of a Valkyrie underfloor at MOT station

 

[Revvd]

Also, if anyone was wondering about the profile of the venturi tunnels on Valkyrie, here's what it looks like:

The source is a game model wireframe, so I don't guarantee 100% accuracy. That said, I have no reason to think it's not accurate.

Here's a top view:

 

[Revvd]

^that view also seems to align pretty well with this picture

 

[Jonathan19]

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[Revvd]

Here's some details of the unique front clamshell of Adrian Newey's Track Performance Pack equipped Valkyrie. I much prefer the way this hides the cameras compared to the standard car.
Source

I wonder how they managed to get this road registered in spite of the factory saying that Track pack is strictly track-only.

 

[Matski]

I wonder how they managed to get this road registered in spite of the factory saying that Track pack is strictly track-only.

Individual Vehicle type approval I would imagine.

 

[klier]

I wonder how they managed to get this road registered in spite of the factory saying that Track pack is strictly track-only.

Lanzante or something similar perhaps