Chris Harris Goes Bananas In An Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider On The Street

As if the Aston Martin Valkyrie wasn’t crazy enough, the British marque decided to launch a Spider version a couple of years ago and customer deliveries have started in earnest. The first example to land in the United States has been doing the rounds on social media in recent weeks and none other than Chris Harris has had the chance to put it to the test – on the road no less.

This particular Valkryie Spider is owned by a collector known as Supercar Ron on social media and was ordered new by real estate mogul and car enthusiast Manny Khosbhin. However, he decided not to take delivery of it, and ended up selling it to another prolific US collector. Fortunately, the new owner is more than happy to drive it on the street, and makes frequent appearances at Cars and Coffee events.

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Everyone’s favorite automotive journalist had the chance to drive the Adrian Newey-designed hypercar on urban streets and along some beautiful desert roads and is full of praise with it. This isn’t the first time Harris has driven a Valkyrie.

He had his first opportunity to drive a Coupe a couple of years ago in Bahrain, but wasn’t won over by it. However, he says this Valkyrie Spider is much better to drive than that first car, offering a surprising amount of compliance and remarkable performance that makes it very enjoyable to drive on the road. Unsurprisingly, Harris is blown away by the 6.5-liter naturally-aspirated Cosworth V12, and says the droptop offers an even better driving experience than the Coupe.

Aston Martin built just 85 examples of the Valkryie Spider, with prices starting at around the $4 million mark. That’s an insane amount of money to spend for a road car, but there really is nothing else quite like the Valkyrie on four wheels.