The Spyker D8 Peking-to-Paris is a mid-size luxury

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produced by the

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car manufacturer

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. The car was designed by Michiel van den Brink and introduced at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show as the D12. With a change in proposed engine to a V8, the Peking-to-Paris was renamed D8. The name Peking-to-Paris refers to the

Peking to Paris The Peking to Paris motor race was an automobile race, originally held in 1907, between Peking (now Beijing), then Qing China (now the People's Republic of China) and Paris, France (then the Third French Republic), a distance of . The idea for ...

endurance rally held in 1907 from

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(now called Beijing) in

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Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...

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, in which an almost standard Spyker car participated, driven by Frenchman Ch. Goddard. The Spyker car came in second in the rally after a three-month drive. Spyker Sedan (319312793)

Although the D8 is a

, it shares many design features found on Spyker's other

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such as the C8. Among these features are the D8's aluminum "aeroblade" wheels and one piece aluminum rear view mirrors. Also notable is that the back seat

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s are hinged at the rear, giving the D8

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D12

The D12 was initially shown to the public at

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in 2006. Designed with a VW Group Volkswagen W12 engine, Spyker aims for a weight of and an acceleration from 0–100 km/h (0-62 mph) in 5.0 seconds. After the introduction in Geneva, the model already received "well over 100 orders".

D8

At a press conference held at the Geneva motor show on March 2, 2010, Spyker's CEO

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indicated that the development of the car could now be assisted by

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, which Spyker briefly owned. The car was still under development at the time and had potential for production by 2014.

References

External links

Spyker Cars
(official website)

on the Spyker D12
The newest 2009 Spyker D12 blueprints
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