Spyker C12 Zagato

Spyker C12 Zagato: the vehicle

The Spyker C12 Zagato is an all aluminium rear wheel drive sports car, based on the Spyker C12 Spyder. The C12 is powered by the 6.0 liter, 12 cylinder, 500 bph W12 engine from Volkswagen AG and accelerates from 0-100 km (0-60 mph) in 3.8 seconds. The Spyker C12 Zagato is equipped with a six-speed manual or automatic gear box with F1 style shifting, Chronoswiss instruments and a Zagato designed full leather interior with brushed aluminium instrument panel.

The C12 Zagato has an aluminium body with stainless steel roof rails and has many F1 derived design details such as an F1 nose, air scoop, chimneys, mirrors, rain light, fuel flap and diffuser. It has a panoramic roof that features the Double Bubble, a typical Zagato style element. The Spyker C12 Zagato has a length of 4.5 m, a width of 2.02 m excluding mirrors, a height of 1.25 m and weighs 1480 kg. The fuel tank capacity is 70 litres (15.4 gallons). Top speed is 310 km/h (193 mph).

“The Spyker and Zagato Atelier brands perfectly align because of their common aeronautical origins and because of the shared passion of Victor Muler and myself for sports cars” states Andrea Zagato. “Nevertheless Victor, before starting this extraordinary adventure with Spyker, was a Zagato colector owning cars like the Flaminia SS and TZ. Together with our neo-classical approach, this Spyker C 12 Zagato shows the capabilities of Zagato Atelier for innovative and non conventional solutions.”

Norihiko Harada, designer of the new Spyker C12 Zagato, adds: “Al Spyker cars have their own very unique style: the aeronautical retrospective style co-exists with craftsmanship and elegance. The new Zagato body becomes even more unique, aggressive and sensual at the same time. It features a new double bubble panoramic roof , F1 influenced nose and air intakes, chimney and a “coda tronca”, the typical Zagato cut off tail end.

Maintaining Spyker ’s styling philosophy, Zagato design put al these elements together and created an extremely stimulating example of contemporary exotic high performance sports car by using typical modern Zagato lines which started from the Raptor Zagato in 1996.”

The Spyker C12 Zagato will retail for EUR 495,000 (excluding any taxes, ex factory).

Spyker C12 Zagato Specifications

Engine

W12

Capacity

5998 cc

Power

368 kW (500 bhp)

Torque

610 Nm

Maximum revolutions

6500 rpm

Options

Compressor version 650 bhp

Sizes and Weights

KERB weight

1480 kg

Wheelbase

2680 mm

Front track

1574 mm

Rear track

1728 mm

Length

4505 mm

Width (ex mirrors)

2031 mm

Height

1250 mm

Fuel tank capacity

70 litres (

15.4 gallon)

Performance

Top speed

320 km/h (200 mph)

Acceleration

0- 100 km/h in 3.8 seconds

(0-60 mph in 3.8 seconds)

Expected date of introduction: March 2008

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