Spyker cars relocates its vehicle assembly lines to the UK

[IVR007]

Also CPP no longer makes panels for the current C8 models, the yare made @ Karmann....

I thought the body-in-white and chassis production contract
between Spyker and Karmann had been terminated..

[luigisk]

Spyker-productie in Engeland gestart | nu.nl/auto | Het laatste nieuws het eerst op nu.nl

NU.nl writes that the production in Coventry is started.
Interesting: the max capasity is now 5 cars a week.
Isn't that much higher then before ?

[IVR007]

And that 5 cars max capacity is based on a one shift schedule!

[Lagonda]

Spyker started production in England

AMSTERDAM - Spyker Zeewolde, the production moved from Coventry to the British. Since the production of the Dutch sports car was launched.

Spyker builds the Aileron next to the CPP in Coventry UK. This means that production in Zeewolde is over. Yesterday it launched the Aileron-production in England. CPP is an old acquaintance at Spyker.

In 2000 they built the first prototype and has ten years for the body panels production for Spyker.More than half of the components used in production, are from England.

Philosophy

Production in Coventry is thus part of the new philosophy of Spyker. It examines how the production can be increased and costs are simultaneously reduced.The arrival of Spyker may CPP staff by forty people be extended to a total of 150 people to blow. The maximum capacity of Spyker is now at five cars per week.

[ticoterie82]

Spyker-productie in Engeland gestart | nu.nl/auto | Het laatste nieuws het eerst op nu.nl

NU.nl writes that the production in Coventry is started.
Interesting: the max capasity is now 5 cars a week.
Isn't that much higher then before ?

Hallo,

Ik zie dat ik niet de enige man uit Belgïe ben.

:lol:

[luigisk]

Hallo,

Ik zie dat ik niet de enige man uit Belgïe ben.

:lol:

Inderdaad, het is hard opboksen tegen het aantal Nederlanders dat hier vertegenwoordigd is :lol:

[IVR007]

I have been a 'Nederbelg' ( Dutch belgian) so one less to compete with

[F Spider]

This means that production in Zeewolde is over.

R&D, the racing car division, the SWB production and the Specials are still in Zeewolde. Only the Aileron production is in England.

[Laviolette GT2R]

Some additional links:

Story: BBC News - Luxury carmaker Spyker moves assembly line to Coventry

Photographs: BBC - In pictures: Spyker car to be produced in Coventry

And a Video: BBC - In video: Spyker produced in city

[IVR007]

Thanks Stephan. The first aileron produced at CPP will roll of the production line in April

[Reddingius]

But how about the production of the D8 SSUV? Will that be done in Coventry as well?

[IVR007]

Will that be done in Coventry as well?

I believe so.
Our new factory visit destination and some brand new Spykers

[Lagonda]

SPYKER PRODUCTION GETS UNDERWAY IN UK
PH checks out the progress of Coventry's surprise star

Back in November PistonHeads reported that Netherlands low-volume supercar manufacturer Spyker was relocating production to the UK, and two months on production is underway at the CPP Manufacturing's facility in Coventry.

CPP (Coventry Prototype Panels) has a long relationship with Spyker. According to company boss Brendan O'Toole they produced the first C8 prototype back in 2000 for the NEC Motorshow, and have been producing the body and chassis parts for Spyker cars ever since. Now CPP's 110 mostly locally-based workforce (rising to 150 by the end of the year) has been tasked to take parts from all Spykers various suppliers and build the cars in-house, so each C8 Aileron will leave the factory ready for sale.

We plan to produce 158 cars this year," Brendan told PH when we called for an update. "Early in the year each car is taking three to six weeks, but by the second part of year we should be producing four or five a week." The intention is to scale up production further, and Brendan hopes eventually to get to 4-500 cars per year.For now, the factory is mainly producing the C8 Aileron coupe, but the Spyder version seen at Pebble Beach last summer is now in the latter stages of development, and should enter production later this year.

"We're able to feed back to Spyker at every stage of development and production. For everything to work perfectly we need to talk to each other - this really is an excellent way to produce a low volume car, and we're proud to be a part of it," says Brendan.

The long-awaited Spyker SUV project seen in concept form last year also seems to be alive and well. "At least for the first quarter we really have to concentrate on the Aileron, but the SUV is in the pipeline," says the CPP boss.

Coventry-born O'Toole also sees Spyker as a valuable asset to the Midlands. "This city is going to love Spyker," he says. "Coventry might not have mass production anymore, but it's the perfect place to build niche cars."

To celebrate CPP winning the contract, Coventry Transport Museum has borrowed a previous generation C8 Spyder as a temporary exhibit for the next six weeks. According to the museum's head of PR Clive Skelhon, they hope other Spykers will be making guest appearances in the future, as the £180k supercar has caused quite a stir.

Source: Piston Head

[Lagonda]

It´s a trend...

Aston Martin --> Gaydon and Graz

Spyker --> Zeewolde and Coventry

[Reddingius]

At first I didn't understand why the car in the pictures posted above has a pushrod suspension set-up. As the side-tag says, it's an Aileron which is supposed te have the lotus-derived conventional double triangle suspension set-up. But then it dawned on me that these are actually pictures of the Aileron Prototype (see the impeller fan wheels with curved fanblades, they are straight on the production Aileron). Confusingly, the black bodyshell is for a production Aileron. Mystery solved!