阿斯顿马丁近日携Valkyrie跑车亮相日内瓦车展，该车最初的内部变化为AM-RB 001。Valkyrie的名字来源于北欧神话中掌握生杀大权的女神。AM-RB 001运用大量F1赛车技术，车身由碳纤维、纯铝和钛合金打造，工程师们想将推重比达到1：1（1hp：1kg），最终重量控制在1000公斤以内。AM-RB 001四个轮拱都采用了外伸式设计，高出车身一大截儿，加上中间疑似单体座舱的设计，可以让气流沿着车身两侧快速排出。主动式悬挂系统能根据路况设定最佳的减震阻尼，调整车辆倾侧，缔造最高速度。车头双层分流器和尾翼组成的空气动力学套件，能为车辆高速行驶提供1996kg的下压力，让车辆贴地飞驰。动力方面，新车采用一套混合动力系统，其中新车搭载一台V12自然吸气发动机，并配备有动能回收系统，辅以电动机之后其最大综合输出功率将超过735kW（1000Ps），传动系统匹配8速序列式变速箱，并采用后轮驱动。摩缇马帝负责提供碳纤维单体车厢，而制动系统则采用Alcon and Surface Transforms提供的高性能刹车卡钳和碳刹车盘。博世负责ECU和牵引力控制以及ESP。该车将于2019年交付客户，计划只生产150辆道路版车型，另外还有25辆赛道版正在开发。

 

Aston Martin Valkyrie is a V12 spaceship on wheels in Geneva

A little over two years ago, Aston Martin shocked us in the best possible way with its menacing Vulcan, a track-only V12 beast with a monstrous 820 horsepower (611 kilowatts). The talented engineers from Gaydon are cooking up yet another V12 hypercar, and this time around it’s going to be street-legal. Originally known by its AM-RB 001 codename, the Valkyrie is in Geneva these days with its cool moniker originating from Norse mythology.

 

Speaking of names, some big ones are joining Aston Martin’s effort to create what will be one of the fastest production cars ever. At the forefront we’re finding Red Bull Advanced Technologies and Red Bull Racing F1’s Chief Technical Officer, Adrian Newey. Cosworth will be responsible for providing the bespoke naturally aspirated 6.5-liter V12 engine set to work together with a hybrid setup developed in collaboration with Rimac — none other than the talented folks behind the amazing Concept_One electric hypercar.

 

It’s going to have the magical 1:1 power-to-weight ratio and will channel all of its muscle to the road through a Ricardo seven-speed gearbox developed specifically for the Valkyrie. The star-studded list of partners also includes Michelin for the Pilot Sport Cup 2 265/35 ZR20 front and 325/30 ZR21 rear tires wrapping the 20- front and 21-inch rear magnesium alloy wheels.

 

Multimatic is in charge of supplying the carbon fiber MonoCell, while the stopping power granted by the high-performance brake calipers and carbon discs is going to come from Alcon and Surface Transforms. Bosch is also providing its software expertise by developing the much-important engine control unit (ECU), as well as the traction control and the ESP.

 

We are going to find out in 2019 when Aston Martin will kick off customer deliveries of the 150 road-going cars planned for production. An extra 25 track-only units are also in the works.