Is The Aston Martin VALHALLA The PERFECT Supercar or Can It Be Improved? 

Everything Mr. Stephenson touches & modifies on paper makes sense. The man has phenomenal taste & I would love to see him contracted to help design some further hybrids & EV's. An EV Mini would sell like hot cakes if done properly.

Can you redesign the DC Avanti. I would like to see you roast the shit out of it 😂

@Frank Stephenson Exquisite content, to say the least, but I wouldn’t expect anything less from such renowned, not just designer, I would rather say creative genius who takes car design to a level that many are trying to achieve complicating something that Frank with his philosophy and vision of simplicity yet utmost sophistication not to mention detaiing that always makes his each story fulfilling, all of it with passion unsurpassed by most of today’s and yesteryear designers….need I say more🙂 Now I was wondering if and when you get a chance you could review design of Rimac Nevera… Thank you Sladjan

I would be very interested in your review of the Lexus LF-A. Thank you for making these videos.

Mr. Stephenson is absolutely genius! I used to like the wheel with odd spokes, but I can't tell the reason. After watching this video, I suddenly understand why. By the way, Valkyrie would be a good choice! Looking forward to see the video about this beautiful car.

Amen to that!

Havent watched "tv" in ages

Yea, it would be cool to see him re-design a Pontiac Aztec or something heinously ugly

YES! enough with jewels of cars, redesign something ugly :)))))

Fiat Multipla is a must

Let us wait for the BMW X8 & next 7 Series so he can have a field day!

BMW X6M.

I like so many things about Frank's changes, but to me, it's the front-end treatment where his edits transport the car back a few years in style. . The original headlights are blobs, and they should be improved. And the interior of Frank's headlights does improve, but the overall shape of Frank's headlights is too tall - it droops down too low. Paired with his redesigned brake ducts underneath, it looks slightly awkward and been-there-done-that to me. . His new grille, too, just feels more normal and common. It's not fresh exotic to me. His taillight-design callback in the slats is cool, though, IMO. I'm not sure if I prefer it to the super-wide horizontal bars on the original, tho. . I'm split on the vent on the leading edge of the door. The original cutout shape is just cool and interesting like I've not seen before. The chamfered tabletop edge of Frank's vent is definitely awesome-looking and unique, but the overall concept of his vent is more traditional. . And you can _really_ see P1 and 720S poking through in his side view bodywork redesign. Beautifully done and fairly different from the original, but I like them both a lot. . His variably sized upper-rear vents and high-placed side mirrors are a must, though I think the bodywork cutout that gradually pinches those vents should get even narrow rearward. . As good as peaking the bodywork's height over the centerline of the rear wheels looks, keeping that bodywork as low as possible somehow feels better to me. . Umm, and 3-spoke wheels...? Hello?!? Amazing. . Other highlights for me are the forward-sloping lower shut line for the doors and the softened surface transition over the rear wheel lips. . These episodes are just the _greatest,_ and it's so exciting for me to watch Frank work on this stuff. RU-vid is so much better than TV for stuff like this. It's a brave new world, people.

Another point I’d like to add about the side, imo it’s quite obvious but I never see anyone talk about it. The vent on the leading edge of the door was clearly modeled after the traditional Aston side vents, abstracted into the bodywork. Even the crease that shoots off from it is meant to play into that, and that’s one of the things I love about it. While it does look a bit messy, the edit Frank did totally took away that aspect. So while it could use a bit more work, Frank’s edit was really not the right direction imo.

@@Legoformerguy Great catch. Despite its initially fussy look, I was finding myself attracted to that feature. Now I know why. Or at least you've provided me a plausible excuse!

Disagree the sharp line in front of the door kinda ruin the whole thing.

No

I was thinking the same, he turned the frog into a wasp. To be honest, I like the frog more, the "blob" lights and the oversized grill makes it scream Aston, and that's good. The wasp is not enough of an Aston for me.

Honestly, the front fascia problem was already solved by the negative space grille from the Valkyrie, the Vantage and the AM-RB 003/Valhalla Concept but oh noooo...we can't have that because people want to hang on to the stupid old-fashioned grille even if it hindered aerodynamics and resulted in inconsistent aesthetics. This current near production Valhalla is a textbook example of how "tradition" and "heritage" can ruin forward thinking design.

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@@aldrichuyliong8143 Sure, but the task was to combine it all together, and this is the result!😉

@@einautofan6685 Yep. The design brief was flawed from the start because rather than letting the designers have free reign Aston buckled to pressure from the unwashed. This is, indeed, the result.

was thinking something similiar. i really like the rounder headlamps and the wider grill

I like everything he changed, just not the mirrors. There should be no mirrors at all, imo.

@@baron_xd4633 I feel like the narrower headlamps end up making it not feel as wide and low to the ground. The mirrors also feel too substantial and heavy the way they're fixed to the cabin

@@Vanilla.coke1234 i wonder how it would look like with more futuristic headlights. Something like cybertruck. 🤔

@@Vmurmur Could look alright. But something like this need a face so a set of two headlights is probably the only way to go

Next week!😉

Yes. Very good idea.

I agree 👍

Thanks, Lorenzo. I'm equally excited to bring them to you.

And the F50

Oh yeah... That would be interesting, La Ferrari 👍

Do it!

May be the whole trinity?

@@supee7541 he has reviewed the p1

+1 to skysphere review requests. It has some innovative solutions such as a changeable wheelbase.

@@jpsiable also the steering wheel hide feature!

Forget about the Skysphere, it's literally nothing against the new Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4

Thank you and my pleasure Eli. 👍

Thank you very much Saeidi! Much love!

Glad you like it William!

the t.50 was designed like a fighter jet - it does not care what you think about how it looks. it only has to impress the wind. also, have you seen the luggage compartment?

@@iddqd339 are we talking about the same car? if what you said was true it would look like an aston martin valkyrie.

@@saltyitalianguy3243 Valkyrie is only function-driven below the beltline. If you take the top of the car off, it looks like someone stole an aero package from that year's F1 Red Bull car. The top, though, while more reminiscent of an LMP1 prototype, has the unmistakable Aston Martin styling lines, which unfortunately require extra material to achieve and are likely not quite as optimal from the aero perspective as actual LMP1 cars. The reason the t.50 doesn't look anything like the Valkyrie is twofold: (1) they use a fan to suck the car to the ground, so they don't need all the fancy aero at all - a simple venturi tunnel is quiet enough. And (2), it's not meant to be a track weapon, but rather a GT, hence the need for usable luggage capacity. Other than that, there is not a single gram of material that does not absolutely have to be there to achieve the engineering requirements. No material was spent to pretty it up - in the same way that nobody in their right mind would make a fighter jet a single gram heavier for the sake of aesthetics. Nonetheless, a lot of them are quite good-looking flying machines, but this is a happy coincidence. You could talk about how one design is more pleasing to the eye than another, I suppose, but the machine is designed for a single purpose: to kill men in airplanes.

@@iddqd339 i feel like your statement is kind of pointless and in some ways just plain wrong, it takes just one glance to see that the car WAS meant to look good, hell even the t.50s made sacrifices in the aero (and looking at how the back end is probably also in the weight) just for the look. Prime example of this is the rear wing, which is slanted like a fighter jet (this is pointless because the airflow is subsonic and actually adds weight and makes the wing worse) it's apparent that also restricted the amount of aero elements on it to keep a clean look, and keep in mind this is on the track-focused version. do not get me wrong the t.50s and to some extent the t.50 are absolute track weapons and wonderfully engineered, but Gordon Murray definitely also kept aesthetics in mind.

Adrian Newey worked on the Valkyrie not on the Valhalla

@@jogzUK I was told it was designed by the pair. Adrian Newey and Miles Nurnberger. Sorry i missed out Miles. But he has left to join DACIA.

@@ENGBriseB Yes for Miles but Adrian Newey didn't work on this car, only on Valkyrie

@@jogzUK Of course Adrian helped with the RB-AM 003 named Valhalla in 2019.

"It's very duck-like." ...but what if i like ducks?...

@@marcalvarez4890 then you'll like the Valhalla, I guess.

@@TopCarsTV Don't love or hate the car. Its got presence and some good parts. If you're looking to buy someone this car, i will have to just go ahead and say "yes, i will accept your generous gift."

The "odd part" at the back is purely for engineering reasons, but your comment proves you neither know car design nor automotive engineering.

Bold assumption there bud.

Heat dissipation vents, yes amazing, they look much better

Thank you David! Keep pushing! 👍

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Thanks Craig! 💥👍