Aston Martin To Answer McLaren's P1 With HyperCar Of It's Own

The car, known as the brother of the Valkyrie by its development team, has been given the internal development goal of establishing a new benchmark for hypercars in the £1m price bracket in around 2021, ahead of any of the established players re-entering the market.

Both the LaFerrari and McLaren P1 were launched in 2013 and, while production of both has ceased, such halo cars are typically replaced at extended intervals. The gap between the launch of the Enzo and the LaFerrari was 11 years and, were such a gap repeated, it would mean the Aston-Red Bull car stealing a march on them.

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CANADIANCOMMENTS - 3/12/2018 6:42:31 PM

+2 Boost

If both Vulcan road and track cars are sold out and the firm is making a big profit on each one, as well as a sold-out run for their Works division creations which includes old Aston race cars from the 1960's, I say keep tapping into this vein of uber-wealthy old men who have the means to consume 250-500 cars a year world-wide. It only makes sense if the market is ready to buy year after year and each new limited-run model has a buyer lined up before they are even announced to the automotive media.