11 Facts About Spyker Cars

Spyker Cars's motto is "Nulla tenaci invia est via", Latin for "For the tenacious, no road is impassable".

In January 2022 Spyker announced a return to building cars after being backed by Russian investors.

Reborn company was founded by Victor Muller and Maarten de Bruijn in 1999, and since 2000, Spyker has been building exclusive sports cars like the C8 Spyder and the C8 Laviolette .

Between 2003 and 2007, Spyker Cars built the C8 Spyder T, with the Twin turbo system being developed in conjunction with Cosworth in England.

In November 2009, Spyker Cars announced that it would be moving production from Zeewolde to Whitley, Coventry, where assembly would be done in partnership with CPP Manufacturing.

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On 2 December 2014 Spyker Cars NV was granted a moratorium of payment by the Dutch court "Midden Nederland".

On 18 December 2014 Spyker Cars NV was declared bankrupt by the Dutch court "Midden Nederland".

Spyker Cars appealed the bankruptcy declaration, and on 29 January 2015, the court reversed the declaration.

In March 2016, Spyker Cars announced the production of a new model, the C8 Preliator, at the Geneva Motor Show.

Spyker Cars hoped that the assistance of Saab, which they owned at the time, would help the D8 reach production.

Spyker Cars stated that the District Court of Midden-Nederland in Lelystad, the Netherlands granted Spyker's voluntary petition for temporary moratorium of payment, the Dutch equivalent of the American Chapter 11 proceedings, and has appointed an administrator who, together with the Board of Management, bears final responsibility for management of the company as long as the moratorium of payment status is in force.