Hidden Valhalla Wing

Aston Martin has patented a front wing for the Valhalla that hides inside the nose and changes how air reaches the car’s underside. (patentscope.wipo.int) The patent was published on April 2, 2026, as WO2026068549, with an international filing date of September 24, 2025. Its abstract describes a “deployable member” that can switch between stowed and deployed positions to alter airflow to underbody features that create downforce. (patentscope.wipo.int) In plain terms, downforce is the air pressure that pushes a car into the road at speed, like an upside-down airplane wing. Aston Martin’s patent says the wing can either let more air feed the floor and diffuser underneath the car or block some of that flow, changing how much grip the chassis gets from aerodynamics. (patentscope.wipo.int) Aston Martin has already said the production Valhalla carries an “active front wing” hidden behind the grille and an active rear wing that reacts within 0.5 seconds. The company also says the rear wing rises by 255 millimeters in Race mode and the car makes more than 600 kilograms of downforce at 150 miles per hour. (astonmartin.com) The company’s December 11, 2024 launch release gave fuller performance numbers for the car: 1,079 metric horsepower, 1,100 newton-meters of torque, 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 2.5 seconds, and a top speed limited to 350 kilometers per hour. That same release said Valhalla production was due to start in the second quarter of 2025 and would be capped at 999 units. (astonmartin.com) Aston Martin has tied the car’s aerodynamics to its Formula One program for more than two years. In a September 27, 2023 statement, the company said Aston Martin Performance Technologies, the consulting arm linked to its Formula One team, was working on Valhalla in dynamics, aerodynamics, and materials. (astonmartin.com) That does not mean the road car is carrying a literal Formula One front wing under its skin. The patent and Aston Martin’s own product pages describe an active aero system for a road-legal hybrid supercar, built to balance drag on straights with extra grip in higher-downforce driving modes. (patentscope.wipo.int) (astonmartin.com) Patent filings also do not guarantee a feature will appear exactly as drawn or described. In this case, though, Aston Martin’s public Valhalla materials already describe the same core idea: a concealed front aerodynamic device working with the underfloor and rear wing to manage airflow at speed. (patentscope.wipo.int) (astonmartin.com) The result is a road car whose most important wing is barely visible until the air starts doing the work. Aston Martin has spent the Valhalla program describing that as Formula One know-how translated into a 999-car production run. (astonmartin.com 1) (astonmartin.com 2)