{"id":1723,"date":"2009-02-21T17:59:52","date_gmt":"2009-02-22T01:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2009-03-17T19:48:25","modified_gmt":"2009-03-18T02:48:25","slug":"production-spyker-c8-aileron-teased-prior-to-geneva-debut-auto-gearbox-optional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=1723","title":{"rendered":"Automobile – Production Spyker C8 Aileron Teased Prior to Geneva Debut, Auto Gearbox Optional"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Back in 2007, Dutch exotic car builder turned Formula 1 racing team manufacturer Spyker<\/strong> debuted its pre-production C8 Aileron<\/strong> to Geneva show-goers (shown below). After some development delays\u00c2\u00a0brought as a result of a lackluster F1 season\u00c2\u00a0and poor roadcar sales, Spyker has a final production model ready for release and has teased the long-wheelbase, aviation-inspired coupe<\/strong> ahead of its Geneva Motor Show world premiere. It’s poised as a true performance car, and if all goes as planned, will help boost the brand’s dwindling image and profits.<\/p>\n

True to tradition, the C8 Aileron is a mid-engine sports car<\/strong> built upon an all-aluminum frame that utilizes aluminum body panels<\/strong>. Aeronautics and motorsport are two major inspirations, and the new car wears numerous jet-like turbine bits, scoops, louvers and spoilers. LED lights are positioned fore and aft, while “Rotorblade” 19-in. wheels set before AP Racing carbon ceramic stoppers culminate the exterior theme.<\/p>\n

In the belly of the Dutch car resides an Audi-sourced 400-hp 4.2L V-8…\u00c2\u00a0 More info<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back in 2007, Dutch exotic car builder turned Formula 1 racing team manufacturer Spyker debuted its pre-production C8 Aileron to Geneva show-goers (shown below). After some development delays\u00c2\u00a0brought as a result of a lackluster F1 season\u00c2\u00a0and poor roadcar sales, Spyker has a final production model ready for release and has teased the long-wheelbase, aviation-inspired coupe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,23,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automobile","category-new-automobile-products-tests","category-sports-car"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1723"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4573,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723\/revisions\/4573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}