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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Spyker and Lotus sign cooperative agreement]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/13/spyker-and-lotus-sign-cooperative-agreement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/13/spyker-and-lotus-sign-cooperative-agreement/</guid><comments>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/13/spyker-and-lotus-sign-cooperative-agreement/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/plants-manufacturing/" rel="tag">Plants/Manufacturing</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/supercars/" rel="tag">Supercars</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/lotus/" rel="tag">Lotus</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyker/" rel="tag">Spyker</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spyker-c8-aileron/682831/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/05/21_spyker_c8_ali_450-op.jpg"  alt="" /></a><br /><em>Click above for a high-res gallery of the Spyker C8 Aileron.</em><br /><br />Lotus and Spyker have worked together on a variety of projects over the past four years, but today, they've announced a new partnership that will further solidify both automaker's technical and design prowess. As its name would imply, the "Parts and Platform Commonality Agreement" involves Lotus supplying both elements to Spyker, helping to build the Dutch supercar producer's new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/geneva-2008-spyker-c8-aileron/">C8 Aileron</a> and possible the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/23/spyker-d12-ssuv-to-begin-production-in-2009/">D12 Peking-to-Paris SSUV</a>. According to <a href="http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/232704/"><span style="font-style: italic;">AutoCar</span></a>, that could mean that future Spyker's could be based of the Lotus Esprit and that Lotus will increase its stake in the development of Spyker's cars.<br /><br /><em>Hit the jump for the Lotus/Spyker press release.</em><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spyker-c8-aileron">Spyker C8 Aileron</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spyker-c8-aileron/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/03/01_spyker_c8_ali_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spyker-c8-aileron/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/03/02_spyker_c8_ali_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spyker-c8-aileron/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/03/03_spyker_c8_ali_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spyker-c8-aileron/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/03/04_spyker_c8_ali_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spyker-c8-aileron/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/03/05_spyker_c8_ali_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/13/spyker-and-lotus-sign-cooperative-agreement/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Spyker and Lotus sign cooperative agreement</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/13/spyker-and-lotus-sign-cooperative-agreement/">Spyker and Lotus sign cooperative agreement</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 13 May 2008 13:58:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/13/spyker-and-lotus-sign-cooperative-agreement/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1194017/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/13/spyker-and-lotus-sign-cooperative-agreement/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>c8 aileron</category><category>C8Aileron</category><category>d8 peking-to-paris ssuv</category><category>d8 ssuv</category><category>D8Peking-to-parisSsuv</category><category>D8Ssuv</category><category>lotus</category><category>lotus spyker</category><category>LotusSpyker</category><category>spyker</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Damon Lavrinc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 13:58:00 EST</pubDate>
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