{"id":403993,"date":"2021-11-08T21:07:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T21:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=403993"},"modified":"2024-02-07T15:34:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T15:34:45","slug":"is-the-aston-martin-valkyrie-spider-better-than-the-v12-hard-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/is-the-aston-martin-valkyrie-spider-better-than-the-v12-hard-top\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Is the Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider better than the V12 hard-top?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve just published an article about the very first customer finally taking delivery of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-first-aston-martin-valkyrie-for-a-customer-is-ready-for-delivery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aston Martin Valkyrie<\/a> when Top Gear publishes a video in which they talk about the fact it might have been a better idea to get the Spider version because let&#8217;s face it, who doesn&#8217;t like a convertible hypercar?<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"11,000rpm Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider: Better Than The \u00a32.5million V12 hard-top? 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