Aston Martin turned 110 this 12 months, and to rejoice the automaker on Tuesday launched a brutish V-12 sports activities automotive referred to as the Valour.

Arriving for the 2024 mannequin 12 months, simply 110 examples will probably be constructed for worldwide sale, and little doubt all construct slots are gone.

The automotive is paying homage to the Victor supercar unveiled in 2020, a one-off creation based mostly on the platform of Aston Martin’s One-77 supercar. Like that mannequin, the Valour options retro styling impressed by the muscle car-like V8 Vantage of the Nineteen Seventies and ’80s and DBS V8-based RHAM/1 race automotive nicknamed the Muncher that ran in a number of 24 Hours of Le Mans races throughout the ’70s.

“At Aston Martin our design is all the time progressive, however with regards to celebrating a major milestone, on this occasion our a hundred and tenth birthday, we enable ourselves just a little latitude,” Miles Nurnberger, Aston Martin’s director of design, stated in an announcement. “Consequently, Valour is gloriously unapologetic—an old-school brute refined and reimagined via the lens of 2023.”

2024 Aston Martin Valour

The Valour packs Aston Martin’s turbocharged 5.2-liter V-12, tuned right here to ship 705 hp. As an alternative of the automated transmissions the engine is often hooked to, together with within the last V12 Vantage, the engine will get a bespoke 6-speed handbook transmission for Valour obligation. Drive is to the rear wheels through a mechanical limited-slip differential.

Aston Martin won’t provide such a mixture once more, because the automaker refers back to the Valour as a tribute to a golden period of driving.

Past the drivetrain, the Valour advantages from a bespoke suspension setup with adaptive dampers, springs, and anti-roll bars, along with particular tuning of the automotive’s stability and traction management techniques and varied drive modes. The chassis additionally options reinforcements like shear panels entrance and rear, bracing across the gasoline tank, and a rear strut tower brace.

2024 Aston Martin Valour

2024 Aston Martin Valour

2024 Aston Martin Valour

Stopping energy comes from normal carbon-ceramic brake rotors clamped down by six-piston calipers up entrance and four-piston calipers within the rear. The brake package deal is housed inside a set of 21-inch wheels with a sample much like the wheels used on the DBS 770 Final. The tires in the meantime are the brand new Michelin Pilot Sport S 5 tires that debuted on the brand new DB12, and measure a meaty 325/30 on the rear. The entrance pair are 275/35s.

The physique is crafted virtually fully from carbon fiber and consists of a big clamshell hood with a horseshoe vent and twin NACA ducts. The carbon fiber is uncovered in lots of areas, together with within the cabin the place it may be discovered on the doorways and heart console. The inside can be wearing basic supplies like woollen tweed impressed by the coverings of Aston Martin’s 1959 Le Mans-winning DBR1, which add much more character. Patrons could have loads of extra personalization choices to select from, too, together with hand-painted liveries, Aston Martin stated.

Manufacturing of the Valour will begin within the third quarter of the 12 months. The primary examples are slated to be delivered earlier than 2023 is out. Pricing info hasn’t been revealed.