Spyker C8 Aileron Coupe
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Spyker C8 Aileron Coupe
info see the UCP page
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Spyker C8 Aileron Coupe #2
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I personally prefer the old nose, but the other changes seem to work well.
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The design is almost a love it or hate it one...not much in between.
I see them in person every year at Amelia so I'm pretty used to it. For the person who wants something truly unique or if they're somewhat of an airplane enthusiast too...then it fits the bill.
It's difficult to design something really different these days htere are so many cars....you can see the struggle to be different in the new Nissan Maxima and Hyundai Genesis...they end up with odd styling features that seem to only serve the purpose of being different.
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This is the version with automatic. Which makes it the lame one. The regular C8 Spider is awesome; like an Elise on 'roids.
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Including some extra fatOriginally Posted by NicFromLA
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Not really. That car is almost all aluminum and leather. The C8's extra size and weight are inevitably required to deal with the car's massive power and speed.Including some extra fat
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Bullshit ! Extra weight is not neccesarily needed to cope with extra power. Using advanced techniques and materials weight can be easily kept down. However it is very difficult for us engineers to make a compromise between costs and materials/techniques used. But if they wanted, it was possible. So in the end it comes down to some extra weight, but as said, it is not needed
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It totally is. Spyker uses some of the most advanced techniques for using aluminum in the car industry, but all the technology in the world doesn't change the fact that in order for a car to remain stable and have grip at 200+ mph you're going to need a larger car than an Elise and that does add weight. Plus in order for a car to be able to accommodate a 400hp to 600hp engine you're going to need a lot of structural strength and rigidity which also adds weight. The fact is the C8 Spyder feels like a much faster Elise with reinforcements to accommodate the extra power and speed, and even with those reinforcements the car feels very light and maneuverable.Bullshit ! Extra weight is not neccesarily needed to cope with extra power. Using advanced techniques and materials weight can be easily kept down. However it is very difficult for us engineers to make a compromise between costs and materials/techniques used. But if they wanted, it was possible. So in the end it comes down to some extra weight, but as said, it is not needed
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It's also available with a manual, so that's that sorted.
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many clients wanted an automatic so they needed to make one. besides, that's why the tail of the car is now much bigger - to accomodate the auto 'box
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Have you ever seen a C8 Double S, or the new C8 Laviolette LWB. Neither has an automatic gearbox.
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that's what victor muller said at the conference when launching the car
12 cylinders or walk!
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i guess you were referring to the C8 Double Twelve.
Since spyker wants to sell cars in the US, i think an automatic is quite usefull, even if a "stupid" choice, for the buyer i mean...i am still not so happy about electro-actuated gearbox. of course i never drove such cars, but i feel it is a contradictory choise to buy a sportcar without a manual gearbox. i think this is one of the reasons porsche gt3 rs wins the ECOTY against the 430 scuderia (anyone who reads EVO magazine???)
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Pics 3 and 4 in post 1, I quite like that angle of the car.
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