You Too Can Own Spyker Founder Victor Muller's 9-5 Aero Or Other Crazy…

Even though we keep hearing of rumors you'll be able to buy a new Saab 9-3 sometime next year in some part of the world, and an EV coming after that, there's still the matter of closing out the Spyker Era of the old Trollhattan firm.

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How A Blogger Helped Save A Car Company

Saab was the smallest of GM's troubled brands, but the only one to survive, due largely to the incredible support coordinated by one enthusiast on a tiny Australian island 10,000 miles from the carmaker's Swedish headquarters. Here's his story.

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Spyker Plans Saab 92-Like Mini-Fighter, Makes Jalopnik Happy

Since Saab's officially been handed over to Spyker, founder Victor Muller claims he's keen to build a Mini-fighter. Better news? Current renderings take inspiration from the 92's sleek teardrop shape, and Muller's even codenamed it "92." Very exciting.

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Spyker Borrows Some Euros

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Truth be told, we're not exactly sure how Spyker's financed. We know there're a lot of Middle Eastern bux involved and company co-founder Victor Muller is obviously a rather well-off individual. He'd told us less than a year ago that the company was a year from profitability, bought an F1 team and then announced…

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Victor Muller Steps Down as Spyker CEO

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We've made no bones about the fact that we genuinely like Spyker Cars re-founder Victor Muller. He's a friendly, humble guy who comes across as a no-shitter in a sea of egotists and pipe-dreamers, even if he himself is a dreamer. But he's a dreamer in the best possible way. He got the company off the ground and before …

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Jalopnik On Sirius: Spyker!

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This week on Spinelli and Wilde's Maxim Radio show, we've got Victor Muller, CEO of Spyker Cars. Maybe we can get him to talk about the hotted up C12 La Turbie the company did with Italian design firm Zagato. We'll also ask him about the expanding company's F1 hopes, and its outrageous approach to design. Sirius…

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LA Auto Show: Spyker's Red Light District

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We met Victor Muller last summer on the Bullrun and ran into him again at Pebble Beach. And he's emphatically not the type of guy who comes across as somebody who would start a crazy exotic car operation or buy an F1 team. The soft-spoken, affable Muller comes across as a quirky businessman, not the head of what's now …

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