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Aston Martin CEO Claims Valkyrie Will Attempt a 'Ring Record, Report Says

posted by Fnord666 on Friday June 21 2019, @11:09AM   Printer-friendly
from the ringing-endorsement dept.

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Aston Martin CEO claims Valkyrie will attempt a 'Ring record, report says - Roadshow

The automotive world has been freaking right the hell out about Aston Martin's technological tour-de-force: the Valkyrie. I mean, there's every reason to. It's got a naturally aspirated V12 that revs to more than 11,000 rpm and, combined with its hybrid system, makes nearly 1,200 horsepower.

Since the technical details started trickling out about this world-beating technological terror, people have been clamoring for it to make an attempt at the Nurburgring production car lap record. The current lap record of 6:44.97 is held by the Lamborghini Aventador SVJ and was set over a year ago.

Well, friends, it's time to get excited because Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer on Thursday told Australian publication Motoring that a renegade 'Ring record was in the car's future. He also stressed that while a record attempt would be made, the car was by no means designed for that purpose.

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  • (Score: 2) by captain normal on Friday June 21 2019, @04:16PM (1 child)

    by captain normal (2205) on Friday June 21 2019, @04:16PM (#858596)

    Actually it was designed for the next James Bond movie. :-)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 21 2019, @04:32PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 21 2019, @04:32PM (#858601)

    Or, it was designed for Apocalypse II (can there be a sequel to the Vietnam war...)

    Editors -- more to the point, I think this becomes news when the lap record is broken. So far all that is running at Aston Martin is their hype machine.