The 2026 Aston Martin Valhalla Supercar is truly a super car
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. If you want to look like a million bucks, pose for a photo next to the $1,058,400 2026 Aston Martin Valhalla, the company’s first production mid-engine supercar. As an Aston Martin, the car is predictably gorgeous and you can bask in its reflected beauty. If you want to feel like a million bucks, slide into the Valhalla’s driver’s seat and take the 1,064-horsepower hot rod for a drive. It can be on a winding country road or on a racetrack, because the car is equally comfortable in both places. This is new for Aston, because while its cars have offered high performance previously, they were generally better suited to brisk road drives than all-out track work. A look at some of Valhalla’s technical highlights provides an immediate clue as to why. Obviously, the car’s Formula 1-style carbon fiber chassis and mid-engine layout provide instant advantages in terms of chassis stiffness and balance compared to Aston’s traditional front-engine, aluminum-chassis models. …
