FORGET FANTASY CONCEPT CARS with their outlandish designs and ’show-car only’ features, the Spyker C8 Aileron has all that and more… and it’s a fully-fledged production car.

Dutch supercar manufacturer Spyker has released images and details of the C8 Aileron which debuted at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year. Enthusiasts will be pleased to note [...]

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Not content with supercharging Audis, tweaking Lamborghinis and bolting turbos to X-Bows, German tuning house Motoren Technik Mayer (MTM for the rest of us) has now turned its hand to The Netherlands’ finest automotive export, Spyker.

More specifically, they’ve decided to fit a supercharger to the 4.2 litre Audi V8 of the Spyker C8 Double 12S, [...]

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Details are starting to emerge of an attempted assassination attempt on Alexander Antonov, the Russian banker and owner of flamboyant Dutch supercar maker Spyker.

Last Wednesday the Russian billionaire, who is also chairman of the Konvers Banking Group, was shot while leaving his Moscow home.

His personal bodyguard was also injured in the attack.

The would-be assassin fired [...]

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Spyker, the Netherlands based, financially challenged former F1 team owner and boutique manufacturer of some of the world’s more unusual supercars, has reached an agreement overnight with Lotus.

The agreement outlines an intended cooperation, which will include a Parts and Platform Commonality Agreement (PPCA), a Parts and Accessories Supply Agreement pursuant to which Lotus would provide [...]

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We may as well make the most of the recent Goodwood Festival of Speed. The following videos are well worth a watch if you like your machinery on the exotic side.

The first video features footage of a number of supercars pulling back into the supercar paddock. Close ups of the Audi R8, a brace of [...]

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