[nicklinacre17]

Wow, I've met Shmee a few times in person and I tower above him so if he has hardly any room there's no chance of me getting in that thing. Lovely car though.

 

[A West]

slightly off topic but it still makes me laugh that the Ferrari 360GT2 was quicker round ferraris circuit than the FXX / FXX EVO / 599XX despite their big power etc!

very different experience driving them. lap time is not everything or even the main thing for a track day tool

 

[Roxind]

Car N° 128 of 150. Top Marques Monaco. Got to 6:20 in the vid

Is that the real deal? Awful sound by the way in this setting. And Maybe, not clear at all, first fine for "inappropriate" noise's level, thank to the french's police

 

[ZombiePhysicist]

It sounds like a winch pulling up a pallet of something, at least on the video.

 

[Roxind]

It sounds like a winch pulling up a pallet of something, at least on the video.

Not impossible if you ask me. Unfortunately, since Top Marques banned all driving tests of any kind during the event, Aston seems quite happy (heard from a future customer), to not break the rules and turned down all requests.
To be honest, I don't blame them for not putting the car on Monaco's roads, it's still mayhem down there.

 

[Roxind]

Wow, I've met Shmee a few times in person and I tower above him so if he has hardly any room there's no chance of me getting in that thing. Lovely car though.

Are you as tall as this woman at 18:00? It would certainly be difficult AF to get out of this car in a dignified way.

 

[Roxind]

Doesn't sound like the real deal, but it is a "customer" road car, registered to a Monaco's cars collector. I don't know what's going on, to be honest, but it's seems strange too me. Police are all over this car in Monaco, don't give a sh-t about what it is, but makes (even at that low speed) way too much noises for them and the population. Prepare for electric cars, those ICE cars will soon be banned from tourists places.

 

[TougeSpirit]

the ability of the road car is going aroudn silverstone on road tyres faster than a GT3 racing car on slicks, and that is the underveloped alpha version of urban mode, i.e. without any of the active aero working etc.
i'm really not worried about the ability of the car, it will blow everything else away by a mile.
now reliability of the car that is a different story

Originally wasn't it supposed to be going faster than LMP2 at Silverstone on road tires? Seem to recall JWW talking to the engineer about that...

 

[TougeSpirit]

The more I hear it on video, the less excited I am by the sound. First off, that sequential is terrible sounding, and doesn't even seem to shift all that fast. Second, every time I hear the car, even the AMR Pro, it just sounds loud. It doesn't have the savage howl of a V10 or the T.50, Matra V12, etc. Maybe it has to do with its displacement?

 

[ZombiePhysicist]

The more I hear it on video, the less excited I am by the sound. First off, that sequential is terrible sounding, and doesn't even seem to shift all that fast. Second, every time I hear the car, even the AMR Pro, it just sounds loud. It doesn't have the savage howl of a V10 or the T.50, Matra V12, etc. Maybe it has to do with its displacement?

Strange as I imagine it's near identical to the T50.

 

[TougeSpirit]

Strange as I imagine it's near identical to the T50.

It's a pretty different engine to the T50.

Here's an example.

Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro at Bahrain #astonmartin #bahrain #shorts

youtube.com

The pitch is just "soft" at the top end

Compared to

 

[sailfly]

Are you as tall as this woman at 18:00? It would certainly be difficult AF to get out of this car in a dignified way.

Well I guess Reichmann was kind of correct when he stated that a woman could maintain her dignity when exiting the car.

 

[Mikeyb]

Originally wasn't it supposed to be going faster than LMP2 at Silverstone on road tires? Seem to recall JWW talking to the engineer about that...

That was a quote Yes. Won’t be the first or last time manufactuers initial claims were garbage. The senna was supposed to be as quick as a gt3 if we remember.

 

[Mikeyb]

Well I guess Reichmann was kind of correct when he stated that a woman could maintain her dignity when exiting the car.

The ingress and egress isn’t hard. Different yes. But once used to it not hard.

 

[Tom A.]

‘Once you get settled in, you won’t notice it….but if you feel whatever, give a thumbs down.” Not a great off the line.

 

[invisiblewave]

I never get tired of watching Valkyrie videos.

 

[invisiblewave]

The ingress and egress isn’t hard. Different yes. But once used to it not hard.

Be honest, that was you in the black dress, n'est pas?

 

[Mikeyb]

Be honest, that was you in the black dress, n'est pas?

Mines a bit bigger and more all in one than dress. Tends to have sponsors logos on it too. But helps a bit more if I catch fire maybe.

 

[invisiblewave]

Mines a bit bigger and more all in one than dress. Tends to have sponsors logos on it too. But helps a bit more if I catch fire maybe.

Pretty sure you don't have those legs either! 😂

 

[A West]

Originally wasn't it supposed to be going faster than LMP2 at Silverstone on road tires? Seem to recall JWW talking to the engineer about that...

to put this in perspective, the Senna was 6s a lap slower than the 650GT3 around silverstone. and i said the valkyrie did this in a half baked urban mode, no active aero etc etc.

and you should consider the source of the information, Aston press office and a youtuber who at least back then hardly knew which end of a car was the front of a car, maybe not the most reliable. LMP2 car pace was always an aspiration...
The ONLY reason Harris did the Senna vs 650GT3 car was that Mclarens then management (CEO, some of the share holders and others) claimed that the Senna would be quicker than a GT3 car around the track. Something that we thought was complete BS, because of slicks and more downforce in a GT3 car.
so if we now have a road car on road tyres that is as fast as a GT3 car in its most undeveloped road settings that is a massive accomplishment.