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A local government authority in Sweden is seeking to recover US$15.9 million from Saab, even going so far as to enlist a government debt collector.
Vastra Gotaland, where Saab's main production plant is located, covered worker wages to the tune while the company was in administration. Now that Saab has its very own 'Daddy Warbucks' in the form of Spyker, the regional government wants its money back.
Spyker / Saab believes it should only have to pay part of the debt as it was underwritten during the administration process. Vastra Gotaland disagrees. Spyker CEO Victor Muller told Reuters news that he is unworried:
"Just a legal dispute that will [be] dealt with in the appropriate way. Nothing of concern."
We'll see how this plays out in the next few weeks and keep you updated on any new developments.
Showcasing Spyker Supercars pictures and videos. You all know supercar names like Ferrari, Bugatti and Lamborghini, but there are all kinds of boutique automakers producing small numbers of outrageously expensive and stunningly quick cars, and Spyker has to be one of the coolest.
The Dutch company has been building sports cars at a rate of about 60 per year since 2000, but its history dates to 1875 when it started making coaches — horse-drawn coaches. It switched to automobiles in 1898 and turned out airplanes during World War I. Spyker folded in 1925 and was little more than an automotive footnote until the late 1990s, when Dutch lawyer Victor Muller resurrected the name.
Spyker Top Gear Video
The design of the Spyder SWB (which stands for short wheelbase and is such a mouthful that the car will henceforth be called the Spyder) draws from the company’s aviation heritage. People will either love the styling or hate it. Yet the Spyder is more subdued than the C8 Aileron hardtop, which has more scoops than Baskin-Robbins. Spykers have excellent proportions and a beautiful silhouette, though some might think the Spyder looks a bit like a catfish from the front.
Power comes from a 400 horsepower 4.2-liter V8 engine. It is mounted in the middle of the car, where it belongs, and mated to a six-speed manual with a beautiful exposed shift linkage (shown above). A very burly security guard with no sense of humor prevented us from seeing how the shifter action feels. The turned aluminum panels, machined switches and polished metal give the interior an industrial chic that borders on steampunk. Anyone wealthy enough to buy a Spyker — the Spyder starts well north of $200,000 — can pretty much choose their own paint and interior colors. Some models come with an optional set of Louis Vuitton luggage because you wouldn’t want your bags clashing with your car.
That’s Latin. It means “For the tenacious, no road is impassable.” It has been Spyker’s motto since 1914. The Spyder accelerates from zero to 60 in 4.5 seconds and has a top speed of 187 mph. We’ll have to take Spyker’s word on that, because no one was willing to give us the keys so we could see how it handles the winding roads around Monterey.
In keeping with Spyker’s aviation heritage — the company built about 100 fighter planes and 200 aircraft engines during World War I — its logo incorporates a propeller and a wheel. It appears on the hood, the rear deck and on what has to be the coolest gas cap ever.
The car is based on the adaptation of Spyker C8 that it acclimated for antagonism in GT2 chic of the Le Mans race. The C8 has, over a aeon of years, becoming a acceptability of actuality a technologically avant-garde admirable sports car. The LM 85 shares best of the administration with the accustomed C8. But it gets added Carbon Fiber spoilers and a rather blue attractive orange and gray acrylic job. The automated basement of the car has been afflicted a lot to bear the ability races.
The car is based on the adaptation of Spyker C8 that it acclimated for antagonism in GT2 chic of the Le Mans race. The C8 has, over a aeon of years, becoming a acceptability of actuality a technologically avant-garde admirable sports car. The LM 85 shares best of the administration with the accustomed C8. But it gets added Carbon Fiber spoilers and a rather blue attractive orange and gray acrylic job. The automated basement of the car has been afflicted a lot to bear the ability races.
The car is based on the adaptation of Spyker C8 that it acclimated for antagonism in GT2 chic of the Le Mans race. The C8 has, over a aeon of years, becoming a acceptability of actuality a technologically avant-garde admirable sports car. The LM 85 shares best of the administration with the accustomed C8. But it gets added Carbon Fiber spoilers and a rather blue attractive orange and gray acrylic job. The automated basement of the car has been afflicted a lot to bear the ability races.
The car is based on the adaptation of Spyker C8 that it acclimated for antagonism in GT2 chic of the Le Mans race. The C8 has, over a aeon of years, becoming a acceptability of actuality a technologically avant-garde admirable sports car. The LM 85 shares best of the administration with the accustomed C8. But it gets added Carbon Fiber spoilers and a rather blue attractive orange and gray acrylic job. The automated basement of the car has been afflicted a lot to bear the ability races.
The C8 Spyder is the aboriginal abject archetypal with an Audi 4.2 litre V8 agent giving the car 400 hp (300 kW) and a top acceleration of 300 km/h (186 mph).
Spyker Squadron was founded in 2001 to accede the achievement of the awful absolute hand-build Spyker sports cars. Spyker Squadron is a committed aggregation consisting of engineers, drivers and acknowledging cadre that develops, builds and supports the Spyker GT2 chase cars. The aggregation is based in Zeewolde, the Netherlands, area it has a high-tech branch to abutment its operations.
With the F1 aggregation allotment of the Spyker Group it was absitively that the C12 Zagato should actualize as abounding of the Formula 1 architecture cues as about accessible so as to set a new architecture eyes for approaching Spyker alley car models
2009 Spyker C8 Aileron Spyder can accomplish 298kW (405hp) and aiguille torque of 480Nm at 3400rpm. Its 0 - 60mph dart time is declared as 4.5 abnormal while top acceleration is 300km/h (187mph). The accepted chiral is a 6-speed chiral box but a new ZF 6-speed automated is accessible as an option. Both alteration ability to the rear auto via a bound blooper differential.
Spyker Cars alien its ancestor C8 Aileron sports car aftermost year and has fine-tuned the agent up to assembly trim aloof in time for the 2009 Geneva Motor Show.
From the outside, the Spyker C8 Aileron styling is an evolution of the previous Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85 first shown at the 2008 Los Angeles auto show. While the Laviolette carried a propeller theme through most of the car, the Aileron emphasizes the jet propulsion age via the use of turbine-engine-shaped air scoops. Compared to the Laviolette, the Aileron is longer and rides on a wider front track for improved driving comfort and stability.
Power for the Aileron comes from an Audi-sourced 4.2-liter V-8 engine rated at 400 bhp and 354 lb.-ft. of torque. Either a Getrag 6-speed manual gearbox or a ZF 6-speed automatic transmission can be ordered with the car. The chassis is new, an aluminum space-frame design with suspension designed and produced by Lotus. The front and rear aluminum double wishbone suspension carries 19-in. wheels that are slowed by 13.8-in. front and 12.1-in. rear brake rotors.
The manufacturer suggested retail price for the Aileron is $209,990 with the manual gearbox, and $219,990 with the automatic, both excluding options. Expect to see a convertible version at this summer's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
From the outside, the Spyker C8 Aileron styling is an evolution of the previous Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85 first shown at the 2008 Los Angeles auto show. While the Laviolette carried a propeller theme through most of the car, the Aileron emphasizes the jet propulsion age via the use of turbine-engine-shaped air scoops. Compared to the Laviolette, the Aileron is longer and rides on a wider front track for improved driving comfort and stability.
Power for the Aileron comes from an Audi-sourced 4.2-liter V-8 engine rated at 400 bhp and 354 lb.-ft. of torque. Either a Getrag 6-speed manual gearbox or a ZF 6-speed automatic transmission can be ordered with the car. The chassis is new, an aluminum space-frame design with suspension designed and produced by Lotus. The front and rear aluminum double wishbone suspension carries 19-in. wheels that are slowed by 13.8-in. front and 12.1-in. rear brake rotors.
The manufacturer suggested retail price for the Aileron is $209,990 with the manual gearbox, and $219,990 with the automatic, both excluding options. Expect to see a convertible version at this summer's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
Spyker / Saab believes it should only have to pay part of the debt as it was underwritten during the administration process. Vastra Gotaland disagrees. Spyker CEO Victor Muller told Reuters news that he is unworried:
