The recent fall of Saab was like a knockout punch for the Swedish car manufacturer putting its future in real trouble. Reports say that the company’s owner, Victor Muller, is hoping to sell Spyer to avoid it being shut down.

Muller stated during an interview that it is critical to complete the sale of the Spyker brand or get enough financing to keep afloat the sports car brand and even Swedish Automobile itself. The picture is not that good if the company fails to do either and most likely Swan will not survive.

Swan offered 2.5 million shares in order to secure a life line just for the short term as the company waits potential buyers of Spyker to make their bids.

Another bad news is that the supervisory board of Swedish Automobile lost three members which only leaves on the top post, Victor Muller. The board members of Swan left because of differences in opinion with Muller who is the CEO with regard to the alternative funding that can be tapped by the car manufacturer after its subsidiary Saab filed for bankruptcy and for the future of its sports car division Spyker.

Muller adds that there are negotiations are in progress but Swan wants to evaluate every possible option which includes sizing down the brand and getting additional financing.

The owner of Saab has been struggling for quite some time now as the car manufacturer balances on a very thin line avoiding bankruptcy. It has been selling a number of assets to cover for expenses of the supply chain, pay employees, and jump start the production in their assembly line in Sweden.

The company was able to seek protection from court last week as it waited for some funding from Chinese firms. In a recent report though, it has been confirmed that the agreement with the investors from China have collapsed.

The money collected for the sale of the Spyker brand will be utilized to pay some debt with Tenaci which is a private investment firm under the control of Victor Muller, topman of Saab and Swedish Automobile.

Swedish Automobile also shared that the North Street will has a good development plan for the luxury sports car brand considering that Mascioli has been involved in car racing for a good number of years.

The sports cars of Spyker have appeared in some films including the second installment of Basic Instinct and The Pink Panther. Spyker has a limited run each year producing a few dozen units.

Muller will still be the top executive of Spyker even after sealing the North Street deal.

Last February, Swedish Automobile announced that the Spyker might be acquired by CPP Global Holdings owned by Vladimir Antonov, who is himself a former shareholder of Spyker. This deal with the UK based holding firm would have raised around thirty two million euros but the deal was put on hold as of August.

Back In February, there were news going around that the CPP wanted to acquire the supercar brand from the Spyker Cars NV. The buzz on this had died down though.

Recently the British company CPP Global Holdings issued a statement that CPP remains interested and wants to finalize the buy out of the Duthc supercar brand but at the moment the negotiations are suspended. The British company are awaiting how Swedish Automobile will go about their refinancing and restructuring plans. CPP will wait until these moves by Spyker are implemented and until then, they will be committed to acquire the supercar brand.

CPP was advised to suspend the discussions and negotiations with Swedish Automobile back in June by the legal team of the latter.

So at the moment, Spkyer is still under the umbreall of Swedish Automobile and is a manufacture customer under contract with the CPP due to an agreement formed back in November 2010. CPP has poured in a lot of money to improve the tools, facilities, and skills for the buildin of the CB Aileron of Spyker.

CPP is also making moves to consolidate its production activities at the Browns Lane factory in Coventry which was closed back in 2005.

What has been happening in the past eighteen months with the Swedish car manufacturer is quite dizzying with General Motors handing over the control of Saab to the smaller company Spyker that is known to have a low volume production output of very expensive sports cars. The scramble includes the attempts of Spyker to get enough funds from the Swedish government, a Russian financier, and investment banks in Europe so Saab can survive.

Saab disclosed that the memorandum was signed with Youngman Lotus Automobile Company of China to get around 30% share of Spyker in exchange for a $195 million investment.

The other half of the deal includes Pang Da Automobile of China in collaboration with Youngman Lotus to have Saab cars produced in China plus its distribution in the current biggest automobile market in the world.

Pang Da is the biggest distributor of cars in China and will have a 24% stake of Spyker. In combination with the other Chinese company, they will have a 53% control of Spyker and will also be at the helm of Saab. Pang Da will be putting in an additional investment of $155 million.

In a statement, Spyker tallies their net loss to around 39.9 million Euros compared to a smaller 4.06 million Euros in 2009. The sales though have jumped to almost 276 million Euros as Saab started pulling in the revenues.

Saab was about to collapsed when Spyker decided to salvage the carmaker. After the turnover from General Motors, Saab’s assembly lines were again reactivated by March focusing on the 9-5 Sedan. Spyker aims to grab some profits by 2012 as Saab hits around 120,000 units per year on sales.

Spyker wants to help Saab to re-establish itself as an independent, premium carmaker that is financially viable. The production of Saab has been trimmed down to 30,000 through 35,000 units from a target of around 45K last August and an original plan of 50K units.

Spyker admits that Saab needs a longer time to recover from the factory shutdown and liquidation of assets at the start of the year. The Dutch carmaker also emphasized the goal of rolling out 80,000 units by 2011.

Spyker claimed 9.3% in trading since it acquired Saab last February for roughly $74 million and preferred shares of around $326 million.

Muller disclosed the plan of signing up the dealerships of Saab during an interview at the headquarters of Saab in Sweden.

Spyker wants to boost their network to 60 stores this year from the 35 that it has at the moment. The build up should hit 90 outlets by the end of 2011 as the Saab brand will pus for the other models like the C8 Aileron that can zoom to 300 kilometers an hour and with a sticker pirce of $214, 990 in the United States.

Saab was able to buy Saab from General Motors after a long stretch effort of the latter to unload the brand. Spyker was able to sell 36 cars in 2009 and the new dealerships will help it bounce back to profitability.

The supercar brand also benefited from the other generic parts like the windshield wipers which it gets from the higher volume Saab orders. Muller also added that it will tap the engineering resources of Saab.

The Spyker CEO is very pleased how the company also benefits from the company it saved.

Saab will operate under the helm of its new mother company the Spyker Cars N.V. The sale marks an exciting time, though sorry to the brand which now belongs to a list of failed auto badges, as Spyker might have some positive influence to the iconic Saab brand.

The top executive of Saab sees the deal as beneficial for customers, dealers, suppliers, and employees of the company. The car manufacturer is now looking ahead to what the next step will be for their brand. The earliest move will be the roll out of the 9-5 sedan which is expected to hit dealerships on the latter part of 2010.

The government of Sweden, Spyker Cars, and General Motors explored all possibilities and potentials of the deal to make it sustainable for Saab. The transfer of the operations of Saab might take about a month complete but the completion of the deal will promote a good mood to create new products for Saab.

Spyker is a small company that makes only a handful of units every year but the persistence of their team showed its commitment to the Saab brand for the long-term.

The sales process started last summer when GM had to declare bankruptcy. Saab attracted bidders but only Koenigssegg came close to inking one only to back out because of funding problems. Spyker came up with the money and somehow gives another life to Saab.

Spyker is proud to declare that the C8 Aileron’s chassis totally coated with aluminum. It was redesigned to be able to achieve increased torsional rigidity and to install the latest suspension system. These features greatly provide a supreme foundation for ultimate performance on vehicle dynamics. The new Spyker has also maximized its dimensions, creating an optimized interior space to optional gearbox accommodation. If to compare with Spyker C8 Laviolette and C8 Spyder, the C8 Aileron is 150 mm longer, which gives more ease in driving and enhanced stability during high speeds.

In terms of the Spyker C8 Aileron’s power train, it is revved up with the Audi 4.2 liter V8 engine that is capable of releasing a generous amount of 400 bhp and 354 lb-ft torque. The Aileron can hit the speed rate of 62 mph in just 4.5 seconds and has reaches a top speed of 187 mph. Also available are two transmission alternatives. A six-speed Getrag manual gearbox is an optional choice, and the optional transmission is the ZF automatic.

The design of the C8 Aileron characterizes the creative evolution of Spyker’s renowned car architecture, which is greatly influenced by the car company’s aviation roots.

Distribution in the global market of the C8 Aileron will start on May 2009 with the base price of $240,000 for manually geared versions.

This Spyker Cellphone is more of the same and I honestly don’t like it — but — for the sake of being informative, here’s a video from PortableGear showing the phone in all its glory!

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What a looker, isn’t it?

Spyker’s own V8 made/makes it fast. Very fast. I love it.