Aston Martin has a long history of giving its more potent models names that start with the letter V. “Vantage” was first used as long ago as 1950 to distinguish higher-powered versions of existing cars, although it has since become a model in its own right. Since then, Aston has also used Virage, Vanquish, and, for last year?s millionaire track tool, Vulcan. Now there?s set to be another V car, and it will be the quickest yet, with the British sports-car maker confirming that its forthcoming somewhere-beyond-hyper car will be called the Aston Martin Valkyrie.
We?ve already told you about Aston?s grandiose plans for the Valkyrie, which was previously known by its code name of AM-RB 001. It?s being developed by a team led by Red Bull Racing?s chief technical officer, Adrian Newey, and we are promised that it will offer performance comparable to an LMP1 race car in its fully stripped-out track guise; a street-legal version also will be available.
Although we will still need to wait for full technical details on this adjective-stretching machine, Aston has also confirmed that Michelin will be making the tires, with unique-to-the-car Pilot Sport Cup 2s under development. These will be 265/35R-20s at the front and enormous 325/30R-21s at the rear.

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As for the origins of that name...