Spyker was looking like a bright young protégé for a while. It had some great ideas, a beautiful vision for the future and unstoppable ambition. Then it finished school and stepped out in the real world, ran out of money, had to cancel some of its more expensive plans, take some less glamorous jobs, sell off some of its assets, take a new direction, and hunker down to the realities of running a small operation with limited resources. Fortunately for the Dutch niche automaker, a group of students has seen eye-to-eye with its situation and have offered a helping hand in the form of this intriguing concept.
The C69 design study is (theoretically) equipped with two hybrid V6 engines (front and back) and bodywork straight out of Michael Bay's mind: one door scissors forward, the other rearward, and the front and rear shells tilt outwards. It's a slick little package, but we doubt Skyker would build it...at least not before paying off its student loans.
Check out the dramatic video after the jump for extra credits, and have your student ID number ready.
[Source: Motor Authority]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ALEXDB9 @ Oct 28th 2007 4:28PM
They should keep the how the doors open and build a new concept around that. The current Spykers are beautiful machines, this looks like a toy to me.
Basil Hatto @ Oct 28th 2007 4:33PM
This is one unique car.
The video is very impressive and it is a start for a new generation of sports cars. Very Impressive!
zamafir @ Oct 28th 2007 4:38PM
Compared to the current Spyker range, this car is hardly element, it reminds me of any Spyker crossed with the EV1. not attractive at all. And the two engine setup is hardly new or remarkable, quite similar to their CGI skills apparently.
zamafir @ Oct 28th 2007 4:38PM
*elegant
Yago Bal @ Oct 28th 2007 5:42PM
It doesn't look like this was made by Spyker... It looks like an exercice by an independent design team, on the Spyker brand.
zamafir @ Oct 28th 2007 6:59PM
I believe that is exactly what happened:
"Spyker may be in financial despair but that hasn’t stopped a group of students from an industrial design school creating their own version of what a future Spyker sports car could look like." -Motor Authority