In a statement Aston Martin said, in 2021 sales to dealers have surged by 82%; despite this the British luxury automaker has forecast lower-than-expected annual adjusted core earnings due to fewer-than-planned shipments of its Valkyrie sports cars during the fourth quarter.

On Friday, Aston Martin said, it expects annual adjusted core earnings to be about $20.31 million 15 million pounds) lower than it had expected earlier.

It went on to add, the Valkyrie cars had been sold and those that have not shipped were allocated to customers with significant deposits.

In 2020, Aston Martin had sold 6,182 cars driven primarily by demand from its DBX sport utility vehicle.

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