The oil barons and financial tycoons among you that were unable to acquire one of Aston Martin’s hyper-exclusive Valkyrie hypercar may have been given a reprieve, as 398 examples of the 1,100-plus horsepower hypercar are now available. The only slight snag is that each one is only 22 inches long, and costs more than a bog-standard Nissan Versa and/or Mitsubishi Mirage.Produced by Amalgam Collection, the 1:8-scaleAston Martin Valkyrie is now available to pre-order for a sizable $19,990 USD apiece. Just 199 examples of the coupe and 199 versions of the Valkyrie spider will be available to what Amalgam calls “the true connoisseur and collector.” 300-Plus Hours Needed To Make Each One Amalgam Collection. 1-8-scale Aston Martin Valkyrie-1As you’d expect of any model from Amalgam, particularly one that’s half the cost of a well-specced Hyundai Elantra N and/or Toyota GR Corolla, a staggering amount of detail has gone into the 1:8-scale Valkyrie. The passenger instrument screen, for example, that distinctive diffuser, and even the ERS button on the squared-off steering wheel perfectly replicate their real world counterparts. How? Amalgam’s engineers, under the direction of Aston Martin’s design and engineering teams at Gaydon and Silverstone, used the original CAD designs, paint codes and material specifications to ensure the miniature is an exact replica. Each model is even finished in the same Podium Green paint and all-black interior with which the Valkyrie debuted. The finished product is the result of more than 3,000 hours of development, and that’s not even including the 300-plus hours – nearly two weeks – it takes to hand-assemble each one.If exact duplication is not to your taste though, you can commission a bespoke design for one of the 398 allocated models for ‘just’ $27,860. That, incidentally, could buy you a brand-new Subaru Impreza RS. Amalgam’s 1,160 HP Inspiration Aston MartinA collaborative project overseen by Red Bull Racing’s Adrian Newey and Aston Martin’s chief designer Marek Reichman, the Valkyrie was unveiled in near-production form at the Goodwood Festival of Speed back in 2021, a ‘mere’ seven year after the AM-RB 001 first arrived. Sitting atop a lightweight carbon fiber chassis, Aston’s Czinger 21C-baiting hypercar kicks out an extraordinary 1,160-horsepower at 10,500 RPM (the redline is a hop, skip and a jump away at 11,100 RPM) and 664-pound feet of torque via its hybrid powertrain. Incredibly, 1,00 hp and 546 lb ft of torque is produced by the Cosworth-developed 6.5-liter V12, the most powerful naturally-aspirated engine ever. The mated electric motor and Rimac-supplied lightweight battery offer up an additional 160 hp. Given the enormous forces at work, the seven-speed sequential transmission was a clean-sheet design from Newey, and doesn’t include a reverse gear. Interestingly, said V12 acts as a structural component of the Valkyrie, and is bolted to the lightweight carbon fiber tub to increase vehicle rigidity.Though the bodywork suggests otherwise (those tricky aerodynamics apparently produce 2,400 pounds of downforce at 135 MPH), the Valkyrie is in fact completely road legal. That was not the case with the Le Mans-spec Valkyrie LM, released earlier this year as a bespoke track toy and, of which, Aston Martin will build just 25, despite slow sales for the British brand's 'Special' models.
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