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Spyker Cars N.V. (Euronext SPYKR) is a Dutch hand-built automobile manufacturer based in Zeewolde, in the Netherlands and not related to or controlled by the previous Spyker company that went bankrupt in 1929. The modern Spyker Cars only has the legal right to the brand name. The company's motto is "Nulla tenaci invia est via," which is Latin for "For the tenacious, no road is impassable."

The company

The reborn company was founded by Victor Muller and Maarten de Bruijn, and since 2000 the company has been building exclusive sports cars like the C8 and the Spyker C8 Laviolette. Spyker's history of producing airplane engines is reflected in details in these new cars as well as in the logo.

The C8 Laviolette has a 4100 cc Audi V8 engine delivering 450 hp and a top speed of 300 km/h. On July 14, 2005 it was announced that the C8 was approved for sale on the United States market.

In 2006 the Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris high-performance SUV was announced at the Geneva Motor Show, which is scheduled for production in late 2007.

Spyker Cars is listed on Euronext Amsterdam. The initial public offering was on May 27, 2004, at € 15.50, falling to a low of € 8.28 in April 2005. In 2005 the head designer Maarten de Bruijn left the company.

Cars

• Spyker C8 (various variants, including the C12)
• Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris
• Spyker C12 Zagato

MF1 Racing becomes Spyker

On September 9, 2006, Spyker bought Midland F1 Racing, a Formula One team from Russian businessman Alex Shnaider. Spyker paid $106.6 million for the team <ref>Midland sells MF1 Racing to Spyker, GrandPrix.com, September 9, 2006</ref> which will be re-named Spyker MF1 Team for the last three races of the 2006 Formula One season. As part of the deal, the cars will have a revised livery for the final three races of 2006. The team will also use the Dutch flag from now on (instead of the Russian flag), since Spyker is based in the Netherlands. From the 2007 season onwards the team will be named Spyker F1. <ref>{{#if: Spyker to drop MF1 for 2007

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2007 "Orange India" Sale

On the first of September 2007, the ailing Dutch company's formula one team Spyker F1 has been officially confirmed sold to Indian businessman Vijay Mallya, owner of Kingfisher Airlines, as part of a joint consortium, dubbed ‘Orange India’, between him, Michiel and Jan Mol. Their winning bid is reported to be (US) $110 million. Drivers being speculated to become part of this new team have included Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandok. [1]

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Spyker Squadron

The Spyker Squadron is the factory racing team, competing in events such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Le Mans Series, occasional entries in the FIA GT Championship, and the 12 hours of Sebring. Spyker also supplies a car to Swiss Spyker distributor, Speedy Garages, running under the name Speedy Racing Team.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Spyker vehicles

• Spyker Cars web site
  • Spyker Squadron web site
  • Spyker F1

News & References

• Joint consortium buys Spyker team for $110m
• Spyker to be called Force India in 2008
• Spyker loses 72.075 million euros in 2007
• Lotus and Spyker Join Forces, Sign New Cooperation Agreement
• Spyker to build lightweight race-derived C8 LM 85
• Spyker Moves Production from The Netherlands to The UK, Cuts a Third of Jobs
• [http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/19/spyker-gears-up-to-launch-line-of-wristwatches-at-le-mans/ Spyker gears up to launch line of wristwatches at Le

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• Spyker times its arrival with custom watch collection