With initial rumours of Spyker wanting Saab, there may be a confirmed future collaboration. Can you imagine a production line that churns out C12 Zagatos in the very near future and being displayed at every showroom?
The Dutch supercar manufacturer has indicated that it plans to almost double the number of Spyker dearlerships around the world from 35 to 60 by utilizing the Saab’s old dealer network.
If you’re wondering how dealerships that struggled to move $30,000 9-3 sedans are going to manage to talk buyers into the driver’s seat of a $215,000 C8 Aileron, you’re not alone. Odds are the Spykers will serve as halo cars for the rest of the Saab fleet, but there are other hurdles facing the company’s plans for expansion – production.
Spyker is a notoriously low-volume manufacturer – we’re talking somewhere in the mid-double-digits each year, or about one car per every proposed dealership. Is the company planning on borrowing some of Saab’s production might to get a few more models out the door annually? Hard telling. For now, the only real sharing going on between the two automakers is in tiny parts like windshield wiper motors.
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