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Written by Tom Harrison
Welcome, everyone, to the Baby Valkyrie. Aston"s AM-RB 003, making its debut at this week"s Geneva Motor Show, is the third mid-engined hypercar to emerge from the company"s tie-up with Red Bull Advanced Technologies. Which means like the Valkyrie and Valkyrie AMR Pro (the other two, if you hadn"t guessed), it"s a very serious item indeed that borrows heavily from the world of Formula One. First, the outside. Like the Valkyrie there"s a pronounced, pouty front-lip that makes the 003 look like it"s posing for a selfie, and a massive rear-diffuser which helps the underfloor generate the bulk of the car"s downforce. From the back it"s very AMG One, no? Naturally the body is carbon, and so"s the structure. Active suspension and electronic systems "share a common philosophy with the Valkyrie", but new for the 003 is something called Flexfoil" - a technology developed for the aerospace industry that Aston says "allows for the car"s downforce to be changed without changing the physical angle of the entire [wing]". Hmm.
Date written: 5 Mar 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15046
Welcome, everyone, to the Baby Valkyrie. Aston"s AM-RB 003, making its debut at this week"s Geneva Motor Show, is the third mid-engined hypercar to emerge from the company"s tie-up with Red Bull Advanced Technologies. Which means like the Valkyrie and Valkyrie AMR Pro (the other two, if you hadn"t guessed), it"s a very serious item indeed that borrows heavily from the world of Formula One. First, the outside. Like the Valkyrie there"s a pronounced, pouty front-lip that makes the 003 look like it"s posing for a selfie, and a massive rear-diffuser which helps the underfloor generate the bulk of the car"s downforce. From the back it"s very AMG One, no? Naturally the body is carbon, and so"s the structure. Active suspension and electronic systems "share a common philosophy with the Valkyrie", but new for the 003 is something called Flexfoil" - a technology developed for the aerospace industry that Aston says "allows for the car"s downforce to be changed without changing the physical angle of the entire [wing]". Hmm.
Date written: 5 Mar 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15046
