those spykers are disgusting
Modified by username at 10:12 AM 2-28-2006
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Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris @ 2006 Geneva Show
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Geneva, Switzerland, 28 February 2006 – His Excellency Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, CEO Mubadala Development Company and Victor Muller, CEO Spyker Cars, today unveiled the Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris at the 76th Salon International de l’Auto in Geneva.The world première of this Super Sports Utility Vehicle (SSUV) marks the introduction of a second product line for Spyker who are already known for producing the Spyker C8 Spyder, Laviolette and Double12 and C12 LaTurbie super sports cars. The Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris is a four-wheel drive, four-door, four-seater luxury Super Sports Utility Vehicle with a spacious interior and a high performance W12 500 bhp engine. Production is due to start in the fourth quarter of 2007. This is the fourth time that the Dutch manufacturer of exclusive high quality hand-built sports cars and now SSUVs is present at the Geneva Motor Show since 2000.
Victor Muller, CEO Spyker Cars, says: “Today, 28 February 2006, the unveiling of the prototype of the D12 Peking-to-Paris makes this probably the most important day in the brief history of our company. Founded on the first day of the new Millenium, Spyker have introduced four different car models in less than six years. This is our fifth new model. In four years we have participated in the 24-hours of Le Mans three times, with our fourth entry this coming June 2006, this time with a two car team entry confirmed. We grew from a two band band to over 100 employees. From a small two partner business to a public company since May 2004, attracting very strong shareholders such as Mubadala Development Company from Abu Dhabi and MerchantBridge from London. We were offered a key role in the major movie production Basic Instinct 2. Last but not least we have been awarded several prestigious international awards such as the recently awarded: ‘Best New Exotic Car 2006’ in the USA and ‘Favourite Sports Car’ in Beijing, China. Last year we produced 48 cars and that number will rise to over 100 this year. Now we are introducing a second product line with this unique vehicle, charting uncharted territory. Therefore I am proud to say: Spyker is moving ahead very very quickly!”
Muller continues: “ None of this could have ever been achieved without the relentless efforts of our employees and the amazing support from our partners, VW Group and Audi, Coventry Prototype Panels, Karmann AG and many others to which we are extremely grateful. Now that the C-line of sports cars is in full production we decided seven months ago to develop a prototype of what we saw as the logical succesor to one of the most innovative cars in history, the very first six-cylinder, four wheel drivecar on the globe, the 1903 60 HP Spyker Grand Prix car. Spyker’s heritage as a four-wheel drive pioneer and the tremendous benefits, it would bring to the motor car, laid the foundation for the car we are about to unveil: the Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris.”
Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris: The Heritage
The Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris traces its origins back, not to one, but three significant Spyker models, each of which contributed significantly to the company’s glorious heritage. This heritage is one of our five core brand values and influences the current models heavily. The second inspiration for the car is Spyker’s unique aviation heritage which created the first Spyker after the Great War in 1919: the Spyker ‘Aerocoque’ with fuselage body and its remarkable fintail. This model was the first Spyker in which the company introduced aircraft technology and design in its road cars. The Aerocoque’s fintail led to the functional roof fin on the SSUV. The final historical reference for the SSUV was its namesake from the Peking to Paris race of 1907, the most gruelling race of all time,
in which the Frenchman Goddard entered his almost standard, factory-backed, Spyker 18/22 HP.On 10 June 1907 five cars set out on what was to become an unprecedented challenge to man and machine. It was the final conquest of he motor car over non motorised mains of transport. Goddard finished second after three months of crossing territory where, for the most part, no car had ever dared to go. The SSUV has been named in honour of this race and the pioneering spirit it embodied: those men charted uncharted territory, something the modern Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris does in its own very way: it enters an entirely new market segment, that of the SSUV which is currently uncharted.
Muller continues: “We have high expectations for the new SSUV. Its future looks extremely promising and we have already received numerous orders based solely on the design drawings. We expect the car to be very popular in our primary markets such as the Middle East, the United States and China, its sales numbers likely exceeding those of our sports cars. Our SSUV combines high speed performance with excellent off-road capabilities whilst offering its passengers a spacious and luxurious cabin as well the exquisite Spyker signature cockpit interior. It will come standard with state of the art AP Racing carbon ceramic matrix brakes and Koni FSD shock absorbers.”
The Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris: The Vehicle
Demographics in the Western world show an aging client base for super sports cars. An entire generation of customers, used to driving super sports cars, is facing an interesting challenge: matching their desire to continue to enjoy driving sensations of a super sports car with the harsh reality of their exacting family life and, unfortunately, their age. The alternative is now available: a relatively light weight 1850 kgs SSUV which performs like a super sports car but offers four comfortable seats, easy access through four doors and a spacious luggage compartment. Longing for super sports car excitement, for cars that tantelize all of their senses, for cars that combine exceptional performance with exotic looks. Cars built with passion, cars with soul. Exquisite pieces of car jewelry. Such a car now excists.The Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris is an all aluminium, permanent four-wheel drive super sports utility vehicle. The rear doors are rear-hinged coach doors, so-called ‘suicide doors’. It is powered by the 6.0 litre, 12 cylinder, 500 bhp W12 engine from Volkswagen AG and accelerates from 0-100 KM (0-60 MPH) in 5.0 seconds. The six-speed automatic transmission features a multifunctional steering wheel with F1 style shift paddles, a triple dashboard designed in the style of an airplane cockpit, and a sumptuous interior. The vehicle has an all aluminium body fitted to an aluminium space frame, and sits on 24” Aeroblade ™ wheels. It has a length of 4.95 m, a width of 2.0 m excluding mirrors, a minimum height of 1.68 m and a maximum height of 1.77 m and weighs 1895 Kg. The fuel tank capacity is 100 litres (22 gallons). Top speed is 295 km/h (185 mph). The car is custom-hand built using only the best materials available.
Modified by FaLeX at 7:13 AM 2-28-2006
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those spykers are disgusting
Modified by username at 10:12 AM 2-28-2006
#3
If I were to ever buy a super expensive car, a Spyker would be my first choice, based on rarity and looks.On that note, I'm not really feeling this one...
#4
I imagine it's lifted to handle rough roads, but those wheels don't look very strong at all.The interior details are gorgeous as usual.
1991 Saab 900 turbo SPG
1991 Audi 200 Quattro 20v wagon
1986 BMW 535i
#5
typical Spyker..amazing details and construction, Im really loving those billet machined aluminum roof supports in the cabin..but the exterior is to....too....fish like for me...the standard Spyker is gorgeous though.
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Quote, originally posted by username » those spykers are disgusting
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#7
It looks like Spykers manual shifter, but is actually a VW auto! and has a 500hp W12 with paddle shifters....nice!But that exterior design is questionable at best!
#8
GAAAAH! My eyes! It looks like an angry carp!Paging weeping space Jesus!
Originally Posted by BRealistic
#9
Not feeling it. The clear roof is nasty IMO.
#10
It looks like a vaguely customized 68 Camaro.If the floor collapsed in a broadside collision, one of those vertical reinforcement bars would likely decapitate the driver or passengers. What an idiotic design.
#11
Really now, this is the reception the car gets from the dashstroking 'lounge?I must be in the wrong forum or something.
1991 Saab 900 turbo SPG
1991 Audi 200 Quattro 20v wagon
1986 BMW 535i
#12
Jeez. This is like the first time I saw g0atse. It was horrible enough at first glance- but then it just keeps getting worse and worse the more I study it.
#13
it always seems to me that many of the parts in the design of a spyker are afterthoughts - such us the mesh grill, and the gills on the side - and maybe the chrome fog lamps and the border around the front grille...kind of looks like someone went to an accessory catalog and bought every exterior accessory available for the car...
that said the interior is fantasmic
#14
Quote, originally posted by turbo_nine » Really now, this is the reception the car gets from the dashstroking 'lounge? I must be in the wrong forum or something.
Well, hell's bells, at least give us the credit of having some taste. This is like a cross between an angry catfish, a bordello in Beirut, an AMC Eagle, and a kit car. Every deity in the known universe is currently playing paper-rock-scissors for the right to smite this thing with a thunderbolt.
#15
Quote, originally posted by Turbiodiesel! » Well, hell's bells, at least give us the credit of having some taste. This is like a cross between an angry catfish, a bordello in Beirut, an AMC Eagle, and a kit car. Every deity in the known universe is currently playing paper-rock-scissors for the right to smite this thing with a thunderbolt.
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#17
I like the shifter...
#18
I love it. It's even more anti-social than the Veyron. There's enough pretty cars already. Trying to please everyone. This one is in your face.
#19
Quote, originally posted by Turbiodiesel! » Jeez. This is like the first time I saw g0atse. It was horrible enough at first glance- but then it just keeps getting worse and worse the more I study it. bahahahahahahahahaha
that is terrible. maybe i dont have taste, but i would rather harpoon myself with a rabid narwhal than drive that vehicular abomination...
#20
Liars, all of you.I can see every one one of you driving this to a Vortex GTG with the windows down playing Phil Collins, like you were the bomb diggity. Strokin' the dash and admiring the metal details, braking lightly to keep brake dust off the chromies.
1991 Saab 900 turbo SPG
1991 Audi 200 Quattro 20v wagon
1986 BMW 535i
#21
I liked the first, 2-door version I saw.... any pics out there?These rides have easily the most beautiful interior out there.
#23
Quote, originally posted by Turbiodiesel! » Jeez. This is like the first time I saw g0atse. It was horrible enough at first glance- but then it just keeps getting worse and worse the more I study it. you studied g0atse?
this is pretty horrible. i'd imagine the aluminum roof supports make the interior seem a whole lot smaller than it really is.
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Quote, originally posted by azn8ballr » you studied g0atse? this is pretty horrible. i'd imagine the aluminum roof supports make the interior seem a whole lot smaller than it really is.
It was more that horrified, disgusted "I can't watch but I can't look away" feeling you'd get while, for example, watching an autopsy or a train wreck. Or reading this thread.
Modified by Turbiodiesel! at 8:40 AM 2-28-2006
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I'm no dash stroker (hell, I drive a Focus), but that interior is gorgeous. I love the billet supports and accents, the sleek mechanical feel of the components. And that center "GPS" is a clever throw back to the design ideas of the 50s/60s. I'm curious if it really works, showing your world location as a blip.As for the exterior, I'm not a fan, but I'll gladly drive this car purely on the interior alone.
#26
I don't care for the exterior one bit.....but dear lord, that interior is absolutely goregous, enough so I really wouldn't care what in the hell the outside looked like as long as I was driving it....wow...
#29
This just in: The designer has revealed that his inspiration came following a bad meal of locally caught fish he had while on a business trip to Vietnam!
#30
A ridiculous name for an even more rediculously looking vehicle
Modified by GTurboI at 6:24 PM 2-28-2006
Modified by GTurboI at 6:25 PM 2-28-2006
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You've seen the other Spyker models, no?Given who unveiled this car, I'd bet it's a one-off or at least limited to the Rich Saudi Oil Fortune market.
1991 Saab 900 turbo SPG
1991 Audi 200 Quattro 20v wagon
1986 BMW 535i
#32
Here are the non-SUV ones in case people aren't familiar with the name
That's what I'm talking about... to whomever said they would buy one as their one supercar, I'm in total accordance!!
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