- The Spyker C8 Preliator debuts on August 14 at Pebble Seashore.
- Spyker CEO and Founder Victor Muller claims the brand new mannequin “shouldn’t be going to be electrical in any manner.”
- It’s going to use a twin-turbo V8 with 800 hp and high out at over 217 mph.
It’s been 100 years because the unique Spyker firm went out of enterprise. It returned in 1999, however like its forebear, it went bankrupt once more, not as soon as, however twice. The primary collapse got here in 2014, adopted by one other in 2021. Now, CEO and founder Victor Muller believes the third time’s the appeal and is making one other try and revive the troubled Dutch unique model.
Spyker’s resurrection was originally announced final October, and now there’s a promise of a brand new automobile. First seen a decade in the past on the Geneva Motor Present, the C8 Preliator is making a shocking comeback. Whether or not it’s an evolution of the 2016 automobile or a wholly new improvement stays unclear, however we do know it would function a twin-turbo V8 engine producing 800 horsepower.
Whereas the unique C8 Preliator (Latin for “fighter” or “warrior”) additionally had a V8, it used a supercharged 4.2-liter unit of Audi origin with 518 hp. Spyker hasn’t stated whether or not the brand new engine is linked to Audi or one other Volkswagen Group model, comparable to Porsche or Bentley, however it has confirmed one factor: will probably be a pure V8.
‘I can reassure a number of followers and potential clients that this automobile shouldn’t be going to be electrical in any manner, form or kind, not even hybrid.’
The undisclosed V8 will assist the brand new Spyker exceed 217 mph (350 km/h). The primary new mannequin in a very long time carries chassis quantity 270, suggesting that solely 269 automobiles have been constructed by Spyker within the trendy period. The reborn C8 Preliator is heading to Pebble Seashore and can debut on August 14 at Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley.
Whereas earlier makes an attempt to revive the model have failed, Muller insists issues can be completely different this time. Spyker says this would be the first of “many, many new automobiles we’re going to construct within the subsequent few years.” Earlier than reaching the highlight, the brand new C8 Preliator is being shipped from the UK to the Netherlands, the place last meeting will happen.
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Motor1’s Take: Spyker interiors have all the time felt like sitting inside a Rolex watch, and hopefully, that distinctive consideration to element will carry over into this new period. The C8 Preliator can be hand-built, and with a very good old school V8 driving the wheels, it might reignite curiosity within the practically forgotten model.
With Spyker seemingly rising from the lifeless, can we get SAAB again, too?
