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2022 Aston Martin Valhalla to be powered by Mercedes-AMG drivetrain

Hybrid 3.0-litre turbo V6 shelved in favour of Affalterbach's bent-eight bruiser

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The 2022 Aston Martin Valhalla will no longer be powered by the in-house hybrid 3.0-litre turbo V6 the Gaydon firm has been working on since 2019.

According to Autocar, the British automaker’s newest two-seater hypercar is now expected to be powered by a Mercedes-Benz-derived AMG power plant.

This may sound fanciful to some, but when you consider that Daimler now holds a 20 per cent stake in Aston Martin, and the fabled marque is headed up by former Mercedes-AMG boss Tobias Moers, the notion isn’t so absurd.

Indeed, Aston already uses AMG's V8 engines in the Vantage and DB11 V8, and Mercedes-Benz's electrical architecture is also present in modern Aston Martin models.

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Which Affalterbach powertrain will be slotted into the hypercar – co-developed with F1 tech legend Adrian Newey – is still a point for speculation. However, Autocar has guessed the most likely candidate is AMG’s new hybridised 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 petrol engine.

The thunderous bent-eight unit is set to be unveiled in the new Mercedes-AMG GT73e 4Matic+ EQ Power+ 4-Door Coupé.

Power is rumoured to be a whopping 750kW, bringing the Valhalla into line with other performance juggernauts like Ferrari’s SF90 Stradale and outgunning hypercars like Lamborghini’s V12-hybrid Sian.

This is the best-case scenario though, as it’s not yet known whether Aston Martin will be able to slot AMG’s 150kW electric motor into the Valhalla’s diminutive carbon fibre monocoque body.

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It’s also not known how long we’ll have to wait before we get a definitive answer from Aston Martin about what AMG drivetrain will be nestled behind the Valhalla’s two seats, but a rumoured update is expected sometime later this year.

Regardless of whether or not we do receive an update though, it’s going to be a while before anyone sees the two-door hypercar out in the wild, as it won’t enter production until 2023.

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