Spyker confirms Peking to Paris will be a V8

Spyker confirms that the Peking Paris luxury 4x4 will be a V8 not a V12

We brought you an exclusive the other day that Spyker will drop the planned V12 version of its uber-4×4 – The Spyker Peking-Paris D12 – in favour of a supercharged V8 – The Spyker Peking-Paris D8. But it’s always nice to have confirmation from the horses mouth and today, with a financial statement from Spyker, comes a tacit admission (or actual proof, as we like to think of it!) that our story was indeed correct.

Spyker talk about the Peking-Paris in their statement, but only ever refer to it as the D8, dropping all references to the D12, which is probably as much as they’re willing to reveal until the car turns up at Frankfurt in September.

Clay Model of the Spyker Peking-Paris D8

But there are a few more nuggets of information to digest in the statement (which we’re not allowed to publish). In the first quarter of 2009 they sold the grand total of 15 cars (which is up by 3 on 2008) – 13 C8s and a couple of the new Spyker C8 Aileron, which must be good news.

Also in the statement is a clay model of the final Spyker D8, which appears to show a longer nose and wider grill, but also looks like it will retain the suicide doors (a la Rolls Royce) on the production model. And Spyker also confirm that the first cars will be built this year, adding credence to our assertion that the D8 will indeed be at Frankfurt in September as we were told.