The latest James Bond film, No Time to Die, featured no fewer than four Aston Martin models. The final outing of Daniel Craig as 007 was a chance for the British sports car-maker to feature its latest offering, a Valhalla hypercar — although Bond doesn’t actually get behind the wheel.
The Valhalla, a £700,000 plug-in electric hybrid supercar, is set to launch in 2023 and Aston Martin is believed to be planning to build about 1,000.
But the company has more immediate concerns. Last week, it warned that profits would be £15 million below expectations because of sluggish deliveries of its flagship hypercar, the £2.5 million Valkyrie.
Founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford, Aston Martin has gone bust seven times. It
