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    Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85, Live In A Very Bright Color

    Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85 Gets A Web Reveal Before Hitting LA Show Floor
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    11/20/08

    In reply to Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85, Live In A Very Bright Color
    You know, every year I go to the car show, and sit in the Spykers and talk to the Spyker people, and they say "Oh yes, we're building them, we've already sold out the run of 7 for this one, and 5 of the really exclusive model over there."


    And yet, I've only ever seen one actually driving on the street. And it's not as though I never get out of the house, lord knows it isn't that. I don't know where these are all going, maybe I need to move to Dubai?

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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    11/20/08

    @graverobber- My Yugo Nova!: old white men in orange county are buying them up to stick in their humidor garages
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    11/20/08

    @graverobber- My Yugo Nova!: They sold 1 car in 2007, not sure if they sold a car in 2008.
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    11/20/08

    @damnelantra: @Pete Gaines: @sos10: @sos10: The one I saw was last August, up in Monterey.

    Burgundy it was, and fast as the wind. I thought it was only the stuff of fables, until I saw it with my own eyes.


    Aye, and then in a flash it was gone returned to the place of myth and legends. And that's my tale of the spyker that got away.

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    11/20/08

    @graverobber- My Yugo Nova!: and it was this:

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    big!
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    11/20/08

    @graverobber- My Yugo Nova!:

    @sos10: There is a dealership near to where i live,on one side of the road they have Aston's & Rollers,on the otherside they have a Spyker & Koenigsegg dealership. Over the last year or so i've seen around 5 or 6 privately owned examples around Cheltenham.

    [www.broughtons.co.uk]
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    11/20/08

    @sos10: Actually they build 22 cars in the first 6 months of 2008. They sold 26 cars in that same period... but this includes, "sales" to dealerships, not to clients directly.

    Up to now, they lost around 67 million euro this year, that is after selling their F1 team (although not 100% sure) to Orange India.
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    11/20/08

    @sos10: 2 C8 Spyders Currently on the bay (Ebay that is) there is one in La Jolla, California and one in Houston for sale. One begining at 140K, the other for a BIN of 179K. Each have >200 miles.
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    Image of tmp00 tmp00
    11/20/08

    In reply to Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85, Live In A Very Bright Color
    because nothing says Erectile Dysfunction like orange crocodile..
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    Image of Timtoolman, sporadically speaking Timtoolman, sporadically speaking
    11/20/08

    @tmp00: Looks like a tropical fish of sorts.
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    11/20/08

    @Veni Vidi Propello - I came, I saw, I hooned: Abomination? It's freaking awesome!
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    11/20/08

    @Rust-MyEnemyHasLostHisCommentingMoj...: Where the hell did that come from. I just replied to totally the wrong person.


    I balls'd up there. To complain, call +441303 644304. On of our team will placate you.

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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    11/20/08

    In reply to Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85, Live In A Very Bright Color
    That Shamwow guy is a total D-Bag.


    Also, "Made in Germany, those guys make the best stuff!" WTF? You cant just make stupid generalizations like that! And what about all those things the German's made that weren't so great- like the Hindenburg for example.

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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    11/20/08

    In reply to Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85, Live In A Very Bright Color
    pssh... skpker owners would never shamwow their own motorcars, you the jalopnik reader will be given a shamwow as part of the next federal check giving holiday. so that you may have the job security in the field of boulevard windshield wiping technician.


    thanks financiapocalypse!

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    Image of SeanKHotay SeanKHotay
    11/19/08

    In reply to Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85 Gets A Web Reveal Before Hitting LA Show Floor
    Dammit, folks...Spyker is a Dutch company.


    Isn't it obvious that "Laviolette" translates from Flemish to English as "Holstein"?

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    Image of Comrade Teargaskov Comrade Teargaskov
    11/19/08

    In reply to Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85 Gets A Web Reveal Before Hitting LA Show Floor
    They sure can build a beautiful interior. To make the jump to desirability they need a proprietary engine and a new exterior design. The current front end is horrible.
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    11/19/08

    In reply to Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85 Gets A Web Reveal Before Hitting LA Show Floor
    So Spyker is pretty much following MG's business plan, then. Interesting choice.
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    Image of layabout layabout
    11/19/08

    In reply to Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85 Gets A Web Reveal Before Hitting LA Show Floor
    I was drooling over Spyker's & Koenigsegg's yesterday at the dealership in Cheltenham.
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    Image of caust12 caust12
    11/19/08

    In reply to Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85 Gets A Web Reveal Before Hitting LA Show Floor
    Totally serious here: can someone explain how those pedals and gear shifter work? Is it just me, or is that some sort of special racing setup?
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/19/08

    @caust12: Every Spyker now comes with a billet-aluminum Shifter Club standard.
    Please remember to remove locking device before starting vehicle.
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    Image of Stoatmaster Stoatmaster
    11/19/08

    In reply to Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85 Gets A Web Reveal Before Hitting LA Show Floor
    Piscatorialy inspired cars have a fine heritage: Barracuda, Mako Shark, Stingray


    And now, the Koi Carp.

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    Image of Impalamino mkIV Impalamino mkIV
    11/19/08

    @Stoatmaster: Thank you for making me look up "piscatorial," even though the context pretty much makes it clear.


    A punctilious observation on your part, most certainly.

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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/19/08

    @Impalamino: Looks as if you just kept looking up words under "p" after you found piscatorial... but please don't think I am being anything less than plausive.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    11/19/08

    In reply to Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85 Gets A Web Reveal Before Hitting LA Show Floor
    They named it after a hockey player?
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    11/19/08

    @graverobber- My Yugo Nova!: No no. It's French. It's called The Purple.


    Which explains why it's... um... orange.


    Goddamn French.

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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    11/19/08

    @Deartháir: Really? And here I thought it meant "Hockey Douche."
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    11/19/08

    @graverobber- My Yugo Nova!: He's purple too.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    11/19/08

    In reply to Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85 Gets A Web Reveal Before Hitting LA Show Floor
    What the crap is going on with that paint scheme?


    I would like it if it didn't look like Ronald freaking McDonald's car.

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    Image of c0de c0de
    11/19/08

    @Dr.Danger, Hasta la victoria siempre!: i forgot about the paint scheme when i saw the pedals.. what are those ?!
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    11/19/08

    @c0de: Steampunk porn
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    11/19/08

    @Dr.Danger, I run the Death Star:

    I am Ultraman, and I approve this paint scheme.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    11/19/08

    @Dr.Danger, Hasta la victoria siempre!: It's camouflage, to blend in with a world made entirely of tiger-stripe ice cream.


    Mmmmmm. Iiiiiice creeeeeeam.

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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    11/19/08

    @SCROGGS!: COTD or there is no justice...
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    11/19/08

    @SCROGGS!:Nice, very nice.
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