Spyker & the Concours d’Elegance

Posted by Car Magazine MotorPlay under Entertainment

There’s something about the Dutch, and I don’t mean all the green grass or the red parts of the town. Nor the tulips, nor the wooden shoes. I’m talking about the cars they make. They’re obnoxious. They make you want to do bad things. Not the kind of things you would do in a Ferrari, though, like cornering at 100mph, but really, really bad things. Like honking the hornas an old lady crosses the street in front of you. Or revving the engine just for the fun of it while waiting at a street light. Or calling a Police Officer a donkey.

Maybe it’s all that metal on the dash or that orange leather trim you can buy your car in. I don’t know and I don’t care, all I know is that there comes a time when you want to honk at old ladies and when that happens, this is the car to be in.

Stragely, considering the above, the Spyker Aileron concept is currently exhibited at the Concours d’Elegance in Pebble Beach, California. Nobody said you can’t be elegant and obnoxios at the same time, though, so it’s not such a big surprise, really. And the soon-to-be-launched-in-late-2008 Aileron is not alone. There are other Spyker cars there, like the Spyder or the Laviolette (I think I’ll name my daughter that). So if you’ll find yourself in California between 13 and 17 August, after you stalk Brad Pitt’s house for a day or two, drop by Pebble Beach to have a look at the Spyker Aileron too.