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Third Aston hypercar christened

Pretoria suburbs seem to be all the rage these days — no sooner had Rolls Royce christened its first SUV Cullinan after the diamond bearing pit to the east, than Aston Marton has confirmed that its third hypercar set to slot in beneath the Valkyrie will be called Valhalla, a pocket to the northwest of South Africa’s capital city. No seriously, Valhalla is actually named from Norse mythology, being the resting place of souls deemed worthy of god Odin's company, while Valkyrie warrior spirits who decide who is worthy to rest there. But it’s also a Pretoria ‘hood, so there you go! Anyway, Aston’s planned third hypercar will sit under Valkyrie and Valkyrie Pro and will called Valhalla, if trademark applications late last week are to be believed. It will rival the likes of McLaren's Senna and LaFerrari under the codename Project 003 with plenty Red Bull Racing input due by 2021 in a 500-unit run of a 750kW road-legal lightweight mid-engined V6 turbo-petrol-electric KERS hybrid good for 100km/h in under three seconds; over 320km’h top speed and packed with Valkyrie sourced active aerodynamics and active suspension tech...