Spyker, the Dutch sports car company that had long been suffering from bankruptcy, has been rescued. once again. The company’s founder, Viktor Muller, has acquired the intellectual property rights to the brand and will now focus “on producing hand-crafted, premium sports cars,” according to a social media post.
Spyker was originally revived in 1999 by Muller, but was a failure difficult The takeover more than a decade later will force the company to restructure financially in late 2014. It will resume operations by the end of 2015, with the C8 Preliator unveiled a year later at the Geneva Motor Show.
But things won’t last. By 2021, investment from investors failed to materialize, and Mueller was forced to file for bankruptcy again. This led to a long legal battle between Mueller and creditors that has now been resolved. According to the social media post, all Spyker intellectual property and trademarks have been released in full. Mueller said:
Spiker More detailed plans regarding its revival will be announced soon. It is unclear what role Mueller will play in the company’s future. The company was originally founded in 1880, building a variety of transportation products, but the company went out of business in 1926.
Spyker built everything from cars to airplanes, the latter of which greatly influenced Müller’s new Spyker at the turn of the century. Spyker was never hugely successful and struggled a bit before the Saab deal. We also don’t know if the world is ready for another dedicated automaker.
There’s no shortage of high-priced, high-performance low-volume cars available from car kings like Koenigsegg and Rimac. The C8 Preliator concept is a decade old, and if Spyker wants to stand out and attract buyers, it will require a new product range.
