Did you know we have a brother community out there on the interwebs?
SpykerOwner.com is a Spyker enthusiast site, and of course, they have a number of Spyker Owners present in their community.
Hans is the founder and owner of the site (the SpykerOwner owner, you could say) and whilst he doesn’t have a Spyker himself (yet) he does have one in the family – owned by his brother – and he lives pretty close to the Spyker facility in Zeewolde.
Following the Saab acquisition, the members of SpykerOwner.com whipped the hat around and Hans and his friend ‘Dutchdude’ ventured down to Zeewolde to present Victor Muller with this bottle of Moet in celebration of the occasion.
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And yes, that’s one heck of a piece of office furniture!!!
A very nice gesture by the SpykerOwner guys. Well done.
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Very nice furnishings indeed —– quite tastefully done!!!
Indeed a tasteful furnishing…
A friend of mine who was a Saab mechanic had several old Saab seats in his room instead of a couch. Hmmmm. Maybe I should drive this idea further…?
I could not agree with you more. My “flywheel” began to turn as soon as I clicked on the photograph!
I like these furnitures as much as my engine table :].. no no it’s not made of Saab
. But look behind the window, inside is a Spyker but outside ? a Polo ? and Clio ? what the hak. To make that photo I would really move these two “fourweels” away
sorry it’s worse Twingo
Those are busines-class seats from a plane. I think Spyker has bought them “cheap” from KLM and redone with Spyker-style quilted lether.
I like the pece of “Aileron” as the Table much more
mrQ; I can’t imagine that every worker at Spyker can afford a Spyker car
totally agree with you Brother
Honestly; I think that the aeronautical heritage and vehicle-facination could be expressed much more elegant, sophisticated and understated in the interior. But off-course, I am having my proffessional approach and attitude to the matter.. (being an architect, interior-designer and furnituredesigner)
I just like it the way it is IMHO : bold and a bit tongue in cheek.
. That’s more for the Aston M. and Maserati’s
Besides “Understated” is not a word that suits Spyker very well…
(being an architect, interior-designer )
I have been a member of the Spyker enthusiast site for a couple of months.
They are very fine people sharing a great passion and knowledge of Spyker.
It was a pleasure to have been able to share in this small gesture of their appreciation to Victor Muller.
Thank you Hans for having made it possible.
Thank you Spyder for having saved Saab.
David.
This one is a scary one. My first thought was God those furnitures looks great. Any one know where you can buy those? And then I read the comments and everybody thinks the same. I would buy those now!
Nice. One thing for sure about Spyker, they’re certain about what they stand for. Its not quite my thing ( my silly money would be on a GTR…) but great to see.
Love the furniture.
Dutch native speakers pls: how is Spyker actually pronounced, inparticular the y? Like in spy, or like in say?
And is the starting s an s, or more like a sh as in fish?
Thx a lot!!!
I don’t think you can buy them. Those are refurbished KLM(I suspect)busnes-class seats, and the new upholstery has ben done by the same guy(s) that make the Spyker seats. So those are quite unique.
On any case I think Troels is 100% right, and the interiors of SAAB and Spyker are quite oposite.
Check the interviews with VM, he always sneeks in a couple.
In his interviews lately he pronounces it like:
spy (as in ‘Spy Movie’)+ ker (like KERS minus the S)
I am Dutchdude onthe right on the photo.
And YES, I am a proud SPYKER owner!
Welcome to SU, great to see you here. Despite our cars are quite different we have something in common: real passion for a special brand. And appreciation for Victor who made Spyker possible and who saved Saab.
Nice that you are here!
And the best wishes for the future of Spyker, Saab and Victor Muller!!! (maintaning the differences of the two remarkable brands)
I have very inappropriate levels of lust for the contents of that office. Love the aircraft wing coffee table too
Hottness!!!
@dutchdude-
Welcome to SU!
I hope you’re clear on what we expect your other daily driving car to be…. hmmmmm?
Yet another SpykerOwner member reporting in, I do indeed think Spyker and Saab have much in common. Just look at their internet community sites. SU and SO are quite alike, especially now SU has it’s own message board. Although I om a long time member of the Spyker Owner forum I drive a fantastic SAAB.
By the way: For any Spyker enthousiast who lives reasonably close to the Netherlands: The Spyker factory can be visited (not for free though) but it is well worth the effort! It’s just great to see these amazing cars being built. Just make sure you visit before all production is relocated to the UK.
Now that’s what I’m talking about
@Reddingius and @Dutchdude you are most welcome to SU!
Can’t imagine similar levels of knowledge and rapport between Audi and Lambo owners?!
I have heared that. however, for Germans, i tend to pronounce my own name [ty:l], while for english speakers unable to correctly pronounce that
Being Dutch I feel I owe you all an explanation.
Spyker first went by the name of Spijker. Spijker is pronounced exactly as Muller says it in many interviews. (‘Spy’ as in spy-films and ‘ker’ as in KERS) The spelling was changed in the early 20th century because the company started selling a substantial amount of cars abroad, and they rightly feared foreigners would not know what to make of the ‘ij’ sound.
In Dutch tough, ij (and ei) are pronounced exactly as the english y (in spy-plane for example).
So there you have it. Just Spyker as you would think you’d pronounce it.
By the way the first letter of Spyker is really an S and not an Sh.
Dutch people tend to have difficulty keeping those sounds apart when speaking English (not in Dutch) because the sh sound is unfamiliar to them, and they accidentally make the sh sound too when just an s would be correct.
Jeremy clarkson likes to make fun of this in his test drive of an early Spyker, he said: “So we handed it over to our famed test driver and our lover alsho, the Shtig!” (here referring also to, I guess, the supposed liberal attitude of Amsterdam and the Netherlands in general to just about everything, including gay people)
We really enjoyed doing this. And Victor was really impressed that SO arranged this 6 litre bottle of Mo
Thx for clarifying the pronouciation! Dutch really happens to have some strange sounds to it, at least for German speakers, despite the significant similarities between the languaages. But this turns out to be simple.
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