NICHE SPORTSCAR MAKER SPYKER SET FOR COMEBACK WITH BR ENGINEERING TIE-UP
Quirky Dutch sportscar marque Spyker, which went bankrupt in 2014, is set to be revived and is targeting a return to motorsport after a tie-up with the BR Engineering operation behind the SMP Racing LMP1 project.
Spyker was a regular at the Le Mans 24 Hours between
2002 and 2010, and managed infrequent podiums in the Le Mans Series with its C8 Spyder, but was rarely a match for its numerically dominant GT2 class rivals Porsche and Ferrari.
The company was sold to Saab in 2010 and ceased its involvement in sportscar racing, before being declared bankrupt amid Saab’s financial decline.
Now BR Engineering’s Boris Rotenberg and Mike Pessis of
Luxembourg-based design agency Milan-morady, together with German automotive tuner R-company, have combined with Spyker founder Victor Muller for the company’s planned return and announced its plans to build three new production models.
BRE and Milan-morady previously collaborated on the last production run of Spyker C8 Ailerons in 2017. A Spyker release said: “It goes without saying that Spyker intends to re-enter the international race arena through its partnership with SMP Racing and to again take a strong foothold in motorsports.”
Muller said: “My gratitude goes out to Boris Rotenberg and Michail Pessis for the trust they both placed in us.”