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HARRIS DRIVES THE VALKYRIE (VIRTUALLY)

now know enough about the Valkyrie to be certain that it will be the fastest, most extreme road car ever built. Others might have a higher top speed, or more power, but for the only true measurement of overall performance – lap time – this Aston Martin will be in a class of one. We know what it will look like, what it will sound like, and we can even tell you how much it understeers through Spa’s treacherous Pouhon corner (answer: hardly at all). But Aston has only just shown Valkyrie prototype #1, with an engine plumbed in, at

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