The Aston Martin Valkyrie has a whopping £2.8million price tag (Image: Getty)
designed the stunning Valkyrie hypercar after getting inspired by a PlayStation game.
The Valkyrie is one of the most luxurious machines on the market with
The car’s 6.5-litre Cosworth V12 engine certainly packs a punch with 10,600rpm producing a whopping 1,139 horsepower and a
The seven-speed automatic transmission helps motorists get the performance with the car reaching 0-60mph in just 2.5 seconds.
The stunning hypercar is priced at an eye-watering £2.8million ($3million) price tag with the limited-edition model now sold out.
Aston Martin Valkyrie can reach a whopping 250mph (Image: Getty)
From the outside, the Valkyrie looks the part paired with stylish gullwing doors.
The Valkyrie was a partnership between Aston Martin and Red Bull Advanced Technologies with Newey tasked with putting pen to paper on a design.
He is considered to be one of the greatest designers in F1 history with his designs picking up 12 constructors’ titles, 13 drivers’ titles, and over 200 Grands Prix victories.
However, Aston Martin boss Lawrence Stroll previously admitted Newey’s design almost left the company penniless.
Adrian Newey designed the car in partnership with Red Bull (Image: Getty)
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He previously told the : “He created an incredible, incredible car, that almost bankrupted Aston Martin! But I mean, it is an absolute gem of a car.
“And many lessons of course, we have a set of regulations in Formula 1, but they’re nothing like the road stipulations and regulations, so it was a huge learning exercise from that side of things.”
After his work on the Valkyrie, Red Bull also secured Newey’s services to work with Red Bull Advanced Technologies to build the brand’s first-ever exclusive hypercar.
The RB17 was unveiled earlier this summer with a showcase at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
However, he has previously admitted the inspiration behind the new RB17 design Gran Turismo.
, Newey previously said: “I guess in some ways the embryo was PlayStation back in 2010 approached me and said would I be interested in designing a no regulation, ultimate performance car.
“I thought it was Christmas, the snow wasn’t very good when I was skiing so I spent a couple of days when I was snowed in sketching a car which became the PlayStation X1.
“I really enjoyed doing it actually. That was a kind of no rules, fill your boots, put everything in it type car.
“Then of course got into bed with Aston Martin to do the Valkyrie and that was the embryonic stage of Red Bull Advanced Technology.”