In a move that won't surprise anyone in the automotive industry, Spyker Cars NV and Saab Automobile owner, Victor Muller, confirmed plans to sell Spyker's high-end sports cars through Saab retailers by the end of the year.
"We are signing up Spyker dealerships left, right and center," Muller said in an interview with the Bloomberg news agency at Saab's headquarters in Trollhaettan, Sweden.
The firm's CEO said that as Saab dealers open their doors, Spyker's dealer network will almost double in 2010 expanding from 35 to 60 outlets and to about 90 by the end of next year.
One of the first Spyker models to be sold through selected Saab outlets will be the C8 Aileron that can reach a top speed of 186mph or 300km/h, and carries a base price of $214,990 in the U.S.
Aside from the Swedish automaker's dealer network, Muller said that Spyker has also started to benefit from lower prices for "generic" parts such as windscreen wiper motors that Saab gets through its higher sales volumes, adding that Spyker also plans to "tap Saab's engineering resources".
"Spyker will be profitable in its own right, very much helped by its sister Saab," said Muller. "It's wonderful that the company that saved Saab is also benefiting from having done that in its own business."
Via: Bloomberg
4 Comments:
I suppose there is one good thing about the Spyker/Saab tie-up; It'll be more likely that I can come across a Spyker in the future.
now saab needs to have a sports coupe of its own in the showroom but this venture will bring some customers into the showroom
"now saab needs to have a sports coupe of its own in the showroom but this venture will bring some customers into the showroom"
Indeed, for Spyker... it would be a convenient (and affordable) method to raise awareness in its exotic cars and sharing of parts...Whereas for Saab, there may be a possibility for a joint-effort to build a supercar (or sports car) in the future... With regards to that, we shall wait and see...
What a hideous car. Why is this guy bothering? There are many beautiful quality cars on the road, I just don't understand why someone would struggle to start his own company only to then deliver an inferior product to what already exists. Someone's got too much money and not enough brains.
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