Spyker Cars Spyker Cars (, ) is a Dutch sports car brand held by the holding company Spyker N.V. (formerly known as Spyker Cars N.V. and Swedish Automobile N.V.). The modern Spyker Cars company held the legal rights to the brand name. The company's mot ...

shareholder and CEO,

Victor Muller Victor Roberto Muller (born September 13, 1959) is a Dutch businessman, founder of Spyker Cars, CEO of Spyker N.V., and former chairman and CEO of Saab Automobile AB. Education and early career Muller studied law at Leiden University. After g ...

hinted at a

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, and Bentley Flying Spur rival with an eight-cylinder (the E8) or a twelve-cylinder (the E12) engine, but due to problems getting the D8 into production, the idea was ignored until recently when Muller has said he "believes now could be the time to resurrect the saloon."Spyker planning four door coupe saloon - E8/E12?
/ref> Muller believes it will take about four years from time E8/E12 is revealed to the time it starts production. In March 2011, Muller stated that the production version of the Spyker E8/E12 would use a twelve-cylinder instead of the proposed eight-cylinder engine.Spyker e12 News – Autoblog
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