Aston Martin put the Valen on the Monterey calendar on August 14. 850 PS. 1,000 Nm. One hundred fifty cars. First deliveries in Q2 2027. The August 14 media release is the source. Aston calls it the world’s most powerful front-engined production car, and the most powerful front-engined Aston Martin in 113 years. It did not print a price.
850 PS. No sticker.
The engine is Aston’s 5.2-litre twin-turbo V12, the strongest version of this motor the factory has published. 850 PS. That is 838 hp if you convert it. Aston printed PS. 1,000 Nm from 2,500 rpm. An 8-speed ZF with shift software Aston says it took from the Vantage GT4 race programme. 0–60 mph in 3.0 seconds. Top speed electronically limited to 214 mph.
Q by Aston Martin is on the door. The newly formed Special Vehicle Operations department did the work. Same limited-series line as Valour, Valiant, and DBR22. Adrian Hallmark’s quote is the usual one: more power, less weight, a spectacular soundtrack.
Aston says it cut up to 110 kg off the existing core V12 platform. Carbon fibre, aluminium, titanium, magnesium. The optional lightweight pack — machined-from-solid aluminium arms and knuckles, titanium chassis bolts — is 16.9 kg by itself. The Valen model page later split more of the diet: 25 kg in the full carbon body, 14.8 kg in the titanium exhaust, 6.0 kg in the magnesium wheels. Magazines call that platform the Vanquish. Aston’s written kit does not.
Titanium. Not a decibel number.
New lightweight titanium exhaust. Four tailpipes, two high, two low. Upper exits stay open. Lower exits are valved and open with drive mode. Aston talks about micro mufflers, organ-pipe resonance in the upper outlets, and a “significant increase in character and presence.” Magazines wrote that it is 50 percent louder than the Vanquish. That sentence is not in the kit. It is not used here.
Sport, Sport+, Track. In Sport and Sport+ the throttle map is shorter. Track lengthens it for on-limit work. Solid-mounted rear subframe. Model-specific springs, helper springs, Bilstein DTX dampers. Carbon-ceramic brakes, 410 mm front and 360 mm rear. Pirelli P Zero R tyres with Cyber Tyre, developed with Bosch, feeding the ESP, ABS, and traction control in real time.
Satin Andromeda Red
The show car is a Q Ultra colour: Satin Andromeda Red. Deep red, copper, gold, then blue undertones. Chromaflair pigments. Aston says the satin top-coat is there to read the new surfaces. Full carbon-fibre body. Optional exposed herringbone carbon, tinted in satin or gloss, or a tint you invent with Q.
Hooded slimline lamps. Geometric mesh. A solid tailgate instead of a rear window, 170 litres behind it, an optional Touring Pack luggage set if you actually go somewhere. The upswept tail is a Gurney flap. Aston’s own spec sheet lists a two-door coupe with two seats. No Volante in the written kit. Car and Driver says Aston told them there will be no open-top. That line is not on the media page.
Tilted console. Valhalla switchgear.
The cabin is built around visual lightness. Slim centre console, angled at the driver, with the performance switchpack Aston introduced on Valhalla. 3D-printed trim throughout, the same idea as Valkyrie and DBS Zagato. Sports Plus seats, or lightweight carbon performance seats. Semi-aniline leather and Alcantara, or full leather. Five splits: Monotone, Duotone, Light Duotone, Tritone, Driver Focused.
Official figures from the August 14 release and the Valen model page:
- 5.2-litre twin-turbo V12, 850 PS, 1,000 Nm from 2,500 rpm
- 8-speed ZF automatic, Vantage GT4 shift strategies
- 0–60 mph in 3.0 seconds; 214 mph, electronically limited
- Up to 110 kg lighter than the existing core V12 platform
- Titanium quad exhaust; magnesium 21-inch wheels standard
- Sport / Sport+ / Track
- 410 mm / 360 mm carbon-ceramic brakes
- Two-door coupe, two seats, 170-litre trunk
- 150 examples; first deliveries Q2 2027
- No factory price on the media release or the model page
One hundred fifty cars. The configurator is live. Aston did not publish a dollar figure. Car and Driver and MotorTrend wrote $2 million. Robb Report wrote about $1.7 million. Those are magazine numbers. They do not agree. The factory sheet still will not price it.
Images courtesy of Aston Martin. Specs from Aston Martin’s August 14, 2026 Monterey media release “Aston Martin Valen: The most powerful front engined supercar” and the official Valen model page, as of August 16, 2026. Magazine prices and the no-Volante claim are secondary and linked above.
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