On the occasion of the Concours d’Elegance in Pebble Beach, California, Aston Martin unveils a discoverable version of its Valkyrie hypercar. Thanks to its removable carbon fiber roof, the two-seater roadster lets both passengers enjoy the screams of the 1,176 hp V12 hybrid.
Aston Martin is taking advantage of August’s auto event, the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in Monterey (California), to present a new variant of its powerful Valkyrie. After the cut and the pistarde AMR Pro, the English manufacturer takes off the top with the Valkyrie Spider. Thanks to its removable carbon fiber roof, it allows passengers to benefit even more from the sound of its V12 Cosworth …
Goodbye butterfly doors, hello elytron doors
To transform the Valkyrie as a roadster without making it gain too much weight or lose rigidity, a few adjustments have been made: massive use of carbon fiber on the removable roof panel and the chassis, polycarbonate side windows, butterfly doors replaced by elytron openings …
The performance remains the same, with an original Cosworth 6.5 V12 associated with a small electric motor. The cumulative power of this hybrid set behind the passengers is 1,176 hp and can exceed 11,000 rpm. For the Spider, Aston Martin announces a Slightly lower top speed when the roof is removed, in the order of 20 km / h. Thus, it goes to 330 km / h in discoverable mode, against 350 km / h when the roof is in place.
The 85 copies already all reserved
Designed with the help of engineers from Red Bull Advanced Technologies, the Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider will not be produced only 85 copies, already all reserved. The first models will be delivered in the second half of 2022. The lucky ones will be able to see it, by invitation only, until August 15 during the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
