In the game of high-dollar exotics, hypercars, and the like nothing is off-limits. Work with whoever, build whatever, just make sure it’s gorgeous to a fault, beyond reproach for speed, and give it something no other car on Earth can match. The more cylinders, the better, but in this day and age an internal combustion engine on it’s own had better be pretty damned special to attract buyers. And if the noise you are about to hear is any indication, the 6.5L twelve-cylinder unit that Aston Martin and Cosworth have put together for the upcoming Aston Martin Valkyrie is holding something quite special, indeed.
The meat and potatoes of the Valkyrie read like this: at least 1,000 horsepower with the likelihood of as much as 1,130 horsepower on tap. The weight of the Valkyrie is expected to be 2,271 pounds before driver, which is better than 1 horsepower per ton. Top speed is somewhere between Ludicrous and Plaid, And that’s before we talk about the KERS system, or the nearly non-existent exhaust, or the lightweight carbon-fiber tub. The Valkyrie is going to be a razor blade of a car, but that engine noise…you’ll pay $3.2 million for the car itself if A-M vets you to buy one, but what will it cost to hear one drive in a tunnel for miles?
That’s badass, but I want to see the 250hp 3 cylinder they are talking about? I want one for a Geo Metro convertible! Ultimate sleeper?
That’s the first thing I thought too! Yes, offer the 3-cylinder as a crate motor, people would be putting them in everything, probably motorcycles too depending on the package size.