Dutch Treat: Spyker to unveil production SUV and concept four-door at Geneva
by Noah Joseph on Feb 8th 2007 at 9:27AM 
Those zaney Dutchmen over at Spyker have a couple of tricks up their sleeves for us at next month's Geneva show. The quirky exotic carmaker currently offers only one model, the Audi-powered C8 sportscar, but after acquiring their own F1 team with Ferrari-supplied engines, they're ready to triple their range by introducing two new model lines.
The first new Spyker model expected to be unveiled at Geneva is the production version of the – ahem – interesting D12 Peking-to-Paris exotic sport-utility vehicle (pictured), the finalized version of the concept car they showed in Geneva last year.
The bigger news is the four-door coupe Spyker is working on to compete with the upcoming Porsche Panamera and (if the new owners, whoever they may be, decide to build it) the Aston Martin Rapide. Reports are speculating that, with the sportscar called C and the sport-ute D, the four-door model would be labeled E (though we suspect Mercedes might have something to say about that). Rumor has it that famed Italian designer Zagato was commissioned for the design.
[Source: Motor Authority]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Grimace 9:58AM (2/08/2007)
Zagato must have been having a bad day.
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jscro 9:55AM (2/08/2007)
I know this car is uber ugly. However, I can't help but think it's really cool too. The interior is especially nuts.
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vincent 11:15AM (2/08/2007)
Guys, I think the above is wrong. The car that will be presented in Geneva is a special version of the C12 by Zagato. There's no word on when this new fourdoor E12 (or E8) would be presented...
You should watch the video on autoblog.nl, see motorauthority's source:
http://www.autoblog.nl/archive/2007/02/07/derde-modelserie-spyker-vierdeurs-coupe-e8-en-e12
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Trey H 2:20PM (2/08/2007)
The love child of a Lotus Elise and a Subaru SVX?
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Zain 7:01PM (2/08/2007)
Looks like a cross between an Aston and a Cayenne.
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