Spyker Spyder + Corvette ZR1. Put your deposit down now.

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http://www.0-60mag.com/news/2011/01/car ... r1-engine/
Though they’ve been busy dealing with Saab ownership this past year, it seems the Spyker crew has still found time to shoehorn the ZR1’s 638 horsepower supercharged V8 into their new Aileron sports car. Now that’s multitasking.
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Anyone up for a group buy? I call dibs on the week of May 1st.


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Meh, I'd rather just get a ZR1. Or a CTS-V.

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If I was a wacky oil baron with no idea what to spend my money on, I'd already have a ZR1, one in each color.

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I'll take it's shift linkage....maybe that engine too.

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DNR, but that picture makes it look like a DB9 convertible with hairdryers molded into the sides.

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The only Spyker I've seen in person:

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It'd take a whole group from here just to afford it.

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I can't decide if its gorgeous or hideous, all I know is I eagerly want it because its nuts.

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Those cars truly are a work of art. There was a grayish blue one outside my work a while back, and wow.....the amount of detail is astounding.

And they have some of the coolest interiors around. Nothing domestic even comes close.

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I tend to not like spykers, they have this like modern industrial look to them. Almost like something I would find on the upper east side or something. I like this though, because it has an LS9 :D

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turbine fan wheels are hideous, but otherwise .....meh

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Jesda wrote:I can't decide if its gorgeous or hideous, all I know is I eagerly want it because its nuts.
I actually like the Spyker's look but it took awhile to grow on me. But given the Spykers price, I'd also buy a ZR1.

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Encryptshun wrote:DNR, but that picture makes it look like a DB9 convertible with hairdryers molded into the sides.
YES!!

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Bubba1 wrote:
Jesda wrote:I can't decide if its gorgeous or hideous, all I know is I eagerly want it because its nuts.
I actually like the Spyker's look but it took awhile to grow on me. But given the Spykers price, I'd also buy a ZR1.
They're not really competitors though. ZR1 is for the sporting enthusiast. A Spyker is for the wealthy and insane.


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