Spyker Cars

[AX lover]

@Kevin Slegg, they dropped the W12 engine because the production of this engine will stop in 3 years. So Spyker doesn't want to invest money in a car that has an engine which will go out of production.

@Bjoen, on the SWB only the "new" softtop is available (the one on the orange C8).

[Kevin Slegg]

Originally Posted by AX lover

@Kevin Slegg, they dropped the W12 engine because the production of this engine will stop in 3 years. So Spyker doesn't want to invest money in a car that has an engine which will go out of production.

I see - thanks

[Boink]

What's the new name of the one with the supercharger then?
Autogespot - De verzameling van bijzondere auto's gespot door jullie in het wild!

[Kevin Slegg]

Originally Posted by Boink

What's the new name of the one with the supercharger then?
Autogespot - De verzameling van bijzondere auto's gespot door jullie in het wild!

Good question

[AX lover]

I think that is just a normal C8 Double 12S with the 4.2 V8 Audi engine but with also a supercharged mounted on it for extra power.

I have also seen a picture of a C8 Spyder LWB Supercharged on the Spyker website:



But it could also be so that the C8 Spyder LWB S/C is converted into a C8 Double 12S S/C.

[AX lover]

The C8 Double 12S Supercharged was first shown at the LA Autoshow in Januari 2006.

The Spyker C8 Double 12 S is a coupe with a V8 engine with 400 Bhp and a torque of 480 Nm. The top speed (depending on desired engine power is between 187 and 215 mph. The car on display has been outfitted with a Supercharger and a unique glass hard top. Its top speed is 200 mph (500 Bhp).

[Laviolette GT2R]

What happened to the Spyker C8 Spyder T ?

[AX lover]

Found a nice picture of the two kind of soft tops next to each other. You can also see that both of the cars have a different body. The yellow (newer one) has oval sidemarkers and the grey one has square sidemarkers.

[Bavarian Motorist]

Any word on when the C12 will return or when an SC C8 LWB will come to be?

It's not that I personally care, but I feel that the extra power is the primary KEY to bringing Spyker to greatness.


Like I said, I wouldn't need the power or extra performance, but I strongly believe that buyers in this segment do want it and need it.

[AX lover]

I don't think we will ever see a 12-cilinder Spyker. But maybe a supercharged version of the new C8 Aileron is an option.