Aston Martin designs a new V6 for James Bond—and the Valhalla hypercar

The Aston Martin Valhalla is the third and final car to emerge from a partnership between the car company and the Red Bull Racing F1 team. It will also be the cheapest, although that’s a very relative term here.

The engine in the Valhalla is an all-new V6, designed in-house at Aston Martin.

I am pretty sure that Bozi Tatarevic will be able to look at this image and determine which other engines the TM01 shares DNA with, if it all. He’s much smarter than I am when it comes to this stuff.

The TM01 is a hot-V design, which means the hot part of the turbochargers lives above the engine between the banks of cylinders, as opposed to on either side.

Aston Martin says the TM01 engine has undergone “extensive” dyno testing.

The rear of the car shows it has crazier aerodynamics than any road car—other than perhaps its big brother the Valkyrie.

The interior looks stripped down.

I hate to imagine the repair costs if you scrape that complicated carbon fiber front splitter on a ramp or speed bump.