The company has decided to stop using Audi's eight-cylinder engines and has signed a contract with Koenigsegg, the Swedish supercar manufacturer.
The new Spyker C8 Preliator Spyder will be the first model to receive a Scandinavian-made engine. Under the hood of the open-top version is a five-liter V8 producing 600 horsepower and a peak torque of 600 Nm. At Spyker's request, this power unit was specially calibrated and stripped of turbocharging.
This engine is paired with a six-speed manual gearbox. Performance figures are still being kept under wraps.
Only one hundred examples of the Spyker C8 Preliator Spyder are planned to be produced, but production is not expected to start until next year.
