RE: Spotted: 2009 Spyker C8 Laviolette
Discussion
Fetchez la vache said:
That's the first C8 I've seen with an interior colour scheme I could actually live with. Rather like that
haha. I was coming in to post that the dark interior leather color doesn't suit the car as well because it doesn't show it off well enough.I've never seen one with the two different colors on the seats. I don't like it as much, either.
Quite a looker. I 'visit' their display every year at Monterey week. First the soft top and then the hard top such as this one. If you squint, it looks like a compost heap of spun metal and quilted leather. Other times, it is a work of art. A mix of deco and modern in a fashion that only Mr. Zonda could reproduce. But what ever happened to all of the write ups that described this car as 'handling challenged'? Unrefined, imbalanced, whatever. Did it just heal thyself?
Ricky Cox said:
If I were buying a single car for that price I would shop elsewhere, I don’t know enough about the driveability of the thing. However if I were the type of person who can afford a number of cars I would have one like a flash, talk about a thing of beauty and the exclusivity. I don’t think the word depreciation will ever appear in the same sentence as Spyker either!
In the US, they don't seem to be holding their value very well. There are usually a couple on ebay at any given time and the prices show depreciation.There are 2 2009's right now. One identical to this car for Buy it Now US $143,000 (1200 miles) and one for Buy it Now US $200,000 (350 miles). I think they list for $240,000.
To address the original question I have both the car and the diamond stitched posing pouch. They are not alike. The car is not like a Bugatti (heavyweight brute) nor like a mass produced Ferrari.
To live with it is just as you'd expect given what it is. It's fantastic to drive - imagine a Lotus with no cost constraints, amazing to listen to, and you have to pause to look at it, even if it's everyday. Attention to detail in the design, engineering and craftmanship is second to none, and I mean that; they only made about 200 so everything is fabricated as if by hand, with no expense spared (which is why Spyker lost so much money).
But what comes with that lack of mass production experience or mega-corporate part bin sharing approach is some quirkiness and snags that are quickly fixed by the obsessively helpful Spyker people after which everything settles down to be pretty bulletproof.
It's worth it just for the key fob alone...
To live with it is just as you'd expect given what it is. It's fantastic to drive - imagine a Lotus with no cost constraints, amazing to listen to, and you have to pause to look at it, even if it's everyday. Attention to detail in the design, engineering and craftmanship is second to none, and I mean that; they only made about 200 so everything is fabricated as if by hand, with no expense spared (which is why Spyker lost so much money).
But what comes with that lack of mass production experience or mega-corporate part bin sharing approach is some quirkiness and snags that are quickly fixed by the obsessively helpful Spyker people after which everything settles down to be pretty bulletproof.
It's worth it just for the key fob alone...
Like some other posters here, this is the first one I've seen with a sensible interior that I could live with.
I still remember passing this one
on the M25 many years ago and being very taken by both the looks and the noise.
Still somewhat out of my price range, but if I had 150k to spend on a motor then I'd certainly be looking at one.
I still remember passing this one
on the M25 many years ago and being very taken by both the looks and the noise.
Still somewhat out of my price range, but if I had 150k to spend on a motor then I'd certainly be looking at one.
Whats not to like?
its been number one on my spend list for when i win the lotto ever since it came out
Rattling the hills in a Spyker
Turn up the volume...its epic
its been number one on my spend list for when i win the lotto ever since it came out
Rattling the hills in a Spyker
Turn up the volume...its epic
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