Aston Martin Valiant is an ultra-rare, front-engine V12 halo car built on the Valour platform that Fernando Alonso helped shape.

It uses a twin-turbo 5.2-liter V12 making 735 hp and 555 lb-ft, sent to the rear via a six-speed manual.

Fully allocated to a handful of clients, the track-focused Valiant contrasts with mid-engined hybrids like the Valhalla.

Fernando Alonso rolled past the Casino de Monte-Carlo this week in a car most people will never see in person: a black Aston Martin Valiant with round LED daytime running lights and a rear spoiler that looks borrowed from a race car. It is not his only exotic in town.

The two-time Formula 1…

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