Saw this car today at Cars & Coffie in Las Vegas..Never Herd of Spyker Auto???

 

Yupp Spyker. They are based out the the Netherlands. It has an Audi v8 in it, 0-60 in about 4.5 seconds, its a beautiful car

 

They've had a lot of financial problems recently. They had an F1 team, but that was sold and their roadcars, although being powerful, definitely lean towards style rather than performance. Very cool company though, impeccable attention-to-detail, interesting concepts (they have an SUV called the D12).

And maybe one of their designers owns a MINI... Look at that toggle switch arrangement!

 

Here's a link to the D12 Peking to Paris.

http://www.worldcarfans.com/3060313....eking-to-paris

My favorite Spyker design They also teamed up while a bicycle company a while ago and made this for the athlete who needs a mostly carbon fiber bike that probably costs as much as my modded R53.

http://www.bike-trend.com/promo/spyk...blade-bike.jpg

 

Yep, Spyker's are GORGEOUS cars! Saw my first one in person at Symbolic Motors in La Jolla a few years ago.

First learned about them in a video game- Test Drive Unlimited.

 

I first saw it on Top Gear years ago.

 

I've seen three of them over the past few years and there is another one sitting in a dealership near my house..... this includes one black one chasing a Ferrari 360 on a curvy road in Atlanta. It's a lot louder than you would think it would be. Needless to say, I was drooling on my own feet watching these two play.

 

Jenn B........in neutral???? Didn't you use to be in here before with more posts, what happened???

 

I'm an idiot. lol.

Long story I'll try to make very short. I somehow locked myself out of my actual account and couldn't remember if I had a space between my name and initial. And somewhere along the way I ended up with two screenames. Not on purpose and I had no idea I'd signed in with the wrong one yesterday.

Yes, I'm an idiot

 

They have entered US endurance races occasionally over the last couple decades, but you rarely see them on TV as they circulate briefly towards the back.

 

gorgeous cars, that rail shifter is sooooo cool... also they take many of their design cues from their pre-WWI cars, like the pedals, gauges, rail shifter, steering wheel.... Ive never seen one in person tho.

 

I've been staring at one at the dealership in ATL when the Elise was serviced. It was an '09 Coupe - most metal exterior parts looked hand-forged, engine is pretty much in the cabin - there is no divider, and it obviously has a crash test waiver - you can't expect to survive in that thing - you'll either get squashed or impaled by one of the beautiful trim pieces.

It was also in Jet Li's 'War' flick.