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Spyker Reportedly Coming to 2016 Geneva Motor Show with Electric Car

Spyker is getting ready for a comeback, but the exclusive car maker might surprise everyone with an EV.
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According to the Dutch at DeTelegraaf’s Autovisie, Spyker plans to show an electric car at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. Their report reminds us of a collaboration between the Dutch brand and American manufacturer Volta Volare. The latter is specialized in electric aircraft and parts for electric cars, so there’s a real possibility that Spyker will show an electric vehicle in Geneva this spring.

Spyker exited restructuring last summer and announced at the time that it was working with Volta Volare on developing electric cars. Back then, the two companies discussed a merger and promised to unveil further details on a later date. That never happened, but the 2016 Geneva Motor Show could finally bring the rebirth of Spyker cars.

Meanwhile, Spyker’s American partner, Volta Volare, has already showed the prototype of an electric airplane for private use. The aircraft is made in Oregon with a carbon fiber composite construction, has four seats, and features an extended-range electric powertrain. The extended-range part of the powertrain means that there’s an onboard internal combustion engine used as a generator for the craft’s 300 HP electric motors.

For the time being, it is unclear whether the future exhibit at Spyker’s stand will be a full-on electric vehicle or an extended-range electric vehicle, but we know it brings a new car made by the Dutch company. However, there’s a long road from concept car to reality, and that path is pretty expensive.

The same motor show will also bring the rebirth of the Gumpert brand, another car company specialized in high-end, high-performance vehicles. Along with previous financial issues, the two companies also share the fact that they used to source Audi V8 engines for their early models.

Spyker’s electric rebirth might not make everyone happy, but the most vocal critics of the brand’s decision to make electric cars instead of supercars probably couldn’t afford either of them. Meanwhile, in the USA, there’s a company that puts Corvette engines in Fisker Karma models, so there’s a slight balance in the automotive world.
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About the author: Sebastian Toma
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Sebastian's love for cars began at a young age. Little did he know that a career would emerge from this passion (and that it would not, sadly, involve being a professional racecar driver). In over fourteen years, he got behind the wheel of several hundred vehicles and in the offices of the most important car publications in his homeland.
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