Click above to view high-res gallery of the Spyker C8 Aileron
Making any car longer, particularly a sportscar, comes with penalties and concessions. But Spyker managed to circumvent them with the new C8 Aileron, which the eccentric Dutch automaker unveiled here in Geneva. Despite a ten-centimeter stretch in wheelbase, torsional rigidity has improved by a whopping 40-percent without adding extra weight to the C8's aluminum space frame. The same Audi V8 continues to deliver 400 horsepower as in the shorter C8 Laviolette, but is now offered for the first time mated to an automatic transmission, which Spyker hopes will help improve its sales and extract the company from its financial woes.
The longer wheelbase of the C8 Aileron also means that Spyker will be able to produce a more functional convertible than the spyder it's offered in the past. In the meantime, a slew of new visual details are added to the already busy design along with the stretch, including some new vents and scoops drawn from the forestalled C12 Zagato. If you want more details, we've got the full press release for you after the jump, and a whole gallery of high-resolution images of the C8 Aileron from the floor of the Geneva Motor Show.
Last News:
- 1-8-2009 17:16 2010 Buick LaCrosse sedan unveiled Read...
- 1-8-2009 17:16 Porsche 911-based W3 Triposto extreme custom Read...
- 1-8-2009 17:16 Nissan reveals 2010 GT-R SpecV Read...
- 1-8-2009 17:10 Nissan GT-R SpecV: Super-Godzilla Officially Attacks Japan Read...
- 1-8-2009 17:10 2010 Buick LaCrosse: Blue Hair No More! Read...
- 1-8-2009 17:05 Detroit Preview: 2010 Buick LaCrosse breaks cover Read...
- 1-8-2009 17:05 Unveiled: Nissan GT-R SpecV Read...
- 1-8-2009 11:04 Austrian design students envision range of KTM concepts Read...
- 1-8-2009 11:04 Scion xB Release Series 6.0 priced, coming to 2009 NAIAS Read...
- 1-8-2009 11:04 Bush administration defers CAFE decision to Obama Read...
- 1-8-2009 11:04 KORS Design imagines Fisker Karma S \ Sunset\ Concept ahead of Detroi ... Read...
- 1-8-2009 10:57 Putting V8s In Volvos Is Like Eating Peanuts: Future Drag Race Car Plucked From ... Read...
Other languages:
English|
Español |
Français|
Deutsch|
Русский|
Português|
Italiano|
Polski|
العرب
Українська|
Nederlands|
Turkish|
한국어|
日本语|
简体|
繁體
the contents of this automatic machine translation we do not guarantee the accuracy, please visit the English original content.Welcome to AutoMK.com!
