reads90 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 This was posted on an Aussie web site AULRO After years and years of struggling Dutch car manufacturer Spyker is starting to make its way up towards making a profit. Recently Spyker released its annual report and it looks like they are crawling towards better times. 'Nulla tenaci invia est via' as they would say. If you hang on, all doors will open eventually. In 2008 the factory in Zeewolde built 43 Spyker cars. The company almost doubled their production compared to 2007 when they only built 26 cars. 2007 has been a rough year for Spyker due to all the trouble they got themselves into thanks to their attempts on running a Formule One team. There is good new as well for C8 Aileron customers! Spyker is trying as hard as possible to get the first customer car out this quarter. We've got some news on the D8 Peking-To--Paris as well. Spyker has shown the car to the audience a long time ago and now, two years later, they've started testing the car. We can see a heavily modified Land Rover Defender with a Lotus suspension attached to it. The sports car manufacturer hopes to produce the first D8 cars by the end of this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibexman Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Was it april 1st Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted April 9, 2009 Author Share Posted April 9, 2009 Was it april 1st I was hoping it was but nah its not Article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJIbex Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Looks like high speed armoured transport to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Tasteful and functional, I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoggyN Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 It's a D8 mule. Just like the Maestro vans that Land Rover used for developing the Freelander This is the D8 proper... The clue was in the image filename - 'd8mule/1.jpg' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleBlue88 Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 The proper one looks nice.......but i would sell an arm or leg for the chance to have a go in the D8mule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco_al Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Looks like the car the Ant Hill Mob used to drive in Wacky Races :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Tonkin Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 I'd rather have the Mule! Might be a Dutch company but I hazard a guess it's body is made not far from Solihull.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKP Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Lotus sold the rights for Spyker to use the suspension component technology from the upcoming Evora a while ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scube Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Yikes ! every branch of the ugly tree as it fell out. Earth is full go home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefcoL Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Yikes !every branch of the ugly tree as it fell out. Earth is full go home. ok so if it was not an April 1st joke, can some one explain the possible purpose for its existence and not including reflective glass to avoid being seen in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glue Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 ok so if it was not an April 1st joke, can some one explain the possible purpose for its existence and not including reflective glass to avoid being seen in it? The only way I'd be seen in it is dead, and I'm assuming its a SWB hearse!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I think it's an 'ugly persons car' - people look at the car instead of the driver and throw up Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantd5 Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Image of the defender is destroyed!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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