VIDEO: ASTON MARTIN NAMES ITS HYPERCAR 'VALKYRIE'

Well there’s a surprise. The internet was awash with rumours that Aston Martin and Red Bull’s forthcoming hypercar, codenamed AM-RB 001, would be badged Nebula. But the internet has egg on its face. At the Geneva Motor Show, Aston has announced it will, in fact, be know as the Valkyrie – continuing Aston’s fascination with names beginning in ‘V’. 

Named not after the 2008 Tom Cruise film, but taken from Norse Mythology, a quick Google reveals the Valkyries to be “a group of maidens who served the god Odin and were sent by him to the battlefields to choose the slain who were worthy of a place in Valhalla.” Now that’s how you name a car. 

In the words of Marek Reichman, Aston’s chief designer: “Aston Martin model names have deep meaning. They need to inspire and excite. The Aston Martin Valkyrie is an incredibly special car that demands an equally remarkable name; an uncompromising car that leaves nothing in reserve. The connotations of power and honour, of being chosen by the Gods are so evocative, and so pertinent to a car that only a fortunate few will ever experience.”