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Spyker Cars
Spyker Cars (/ˈspaɪkər/, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈspɛikər]) is a Dutch sports car brand held by the holding company Spyker N.V. (formerly known as Spyker Cars N.V. and Swedish Automobile N.V.). The modern Spyker Cars company held the legal rights to the brand name. The company's motto is "Nulla tenaci invia est via", Latin for "For the tenacious, no road is impassable". The marque's logo displays an aircraft propeller superimposed over a spoked wheel, a reference to the historic Spyker company that manufactured automobiles and aircraft. In 2010, the company acquired Swedish car manufacturer Saab Automobile from General Motors.
In an attempt to save Spyker from bankruptcy, Swedish Automobile in September 2011, announced the immediate sale of Spyker to North Street Capital for €32 million (US$41 million), and subsequently changed its name to Swedish Automobile N.V. However, it was later revealed that the transaction did not occur.
On December 18, 2014, Spyker confirmed that it had gone bankrupt, hoping to restructure its finances and get back on its feet. The bankruptcy declaration was reverted early 2015 and the company announced to continue with the production of sports cars. In 2021, it went bankrupt again. In January 2022, Spyker announced a return to building cars after being backed by Russian investors.
In 1999, the reborn company was founded by Victor Muller and Maarten de Bruijn, and since 2000, Spyker has been building sports cars like the C8 Spyder and the C8 Laviolette. Spyker's history of producing aero engines is incorporated in the details in these new cars as well as in the logo. The first car built by de Bruijn was the Spyker Silvestris prototype, which inspired the C8 model.
The C8 Laviolette and C8 Spyder have a 4172 cc Audi V8 engine delivering 400 bhp (298 kW; 406 PS), acceleration 0–60 mph in 4.5 seconds and a top speed of 300 km/h (190 mph). On July 14, 2005, Spyker announced that the C8 had been approved for sale in the US market.
Between 2002 and 2006, Spyker built the C8 Double 12 S, which was available from the factory with 5 different levels of performance called Stage I (400 h.p.) through Stage V (620 h.p.), depending on the customer's need for performance.
Between 2003 and 2007, Spyker built the C8 Spyder T, with the Twin-turbo system developed in conjunction with Cosworth in England. These engines were capable of 525 h.p. and 0–60 mph acceleration times of 4.0 seconds.
In 2005, the head designer and founder, Maarten de Bruijn, left the company and founded Silvestris Aquamotive, which builds aluminum space frame speed boats.
Spyker Cars
Spyker Cars (/ˈspaɪkər/, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈspɛikər]) is a Dutch sports car brand held by the holding company Spyker N.V. (formerly known as Spyker Cars N.V. and Swedish Automobile N.V.). The modern Spyker Cars company held the legal rights to the brand name. The company's motto is "Nulla tenaci invia est via", Latin for "For the tenacious, no road is impassable". The marque's logo displays an aircraft propeller superimposed over a spoked wheel, a reference to the historic Spyker company that manufactured automobiles and aircraft. In 2010, the company acquired Swedish car manufacturer Saab Automobile from General Motors.
In an attempt to save Spyker from bankruptcy, Swedish Automobile in September 2011, announced the immediate sale of Spyker to North Street Capital for €32 million (US$41 million), and subsequently changed its name to Swedish Automobile N.V. However, it was later revealed that the transaction did not occur.
On December 18, 2014, Spyker confirmed that it had gone bankrupt, hoping to restructure its finances and get back on its feet. The bankruptcy declaration was reverted early 2015 and the company announced to continue with the production of sports cars. In 2021, it went bankrupt again. In January 2022, Spyker announced a return to building cars after being backed by Russian investors.
In 1999, the reborn company was founded by Victor Muller and Maarten de Bruijn, and since 2000, Spyker has been building sports cars like the C8 Spyder and the C8 Laviolette. Spyker's history of producing aero engines is incorporated in the details in these new cars as well as in the logo. The first car built by de Bruijn was the Spyker Silvestris prototype, which inspired the C8 model.
The C8 Laviolette and C8 Spyder have a 4172 cc Audi V8 engine delivering 400 bhp (298 kW; 406 PS), acceleration 0–60 mph in 4.5 seconds and a top speed of 300 km/h (190 mph). On July 14, 2005, Spyker announced that the C8 had been approved for sale in the US market.
Between 2002 and 2006, Spyker built the C8 Double 12 S, which was available from the factory with 5 different levels of performance called Stage I (400 h.p.) through Stage V (620 h.p.), depending on the customer's need for performance.
Between 2003 and 2007, Spyker built the C8 Spyder T, with the Twin-turbo system developed in conjunction with Cosworth in England. These engines were capable of 525 h.p. and 0–60 mph acceleration times of 4.0 seconds.
In 2005, the head designer and founder, Maarten de Bruijn, left the company and founded Silvestris Aquamotive, which builds aluminum space frame speed boats.