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Spyker C8 Aileron Spyder

BY Joel Tam

Already a sexy little thing, the Spyker C8 Aileron now heats things up by going topless with the new C8 Aileron Spyder.

We recently brought you exclusive photos of the Spyker C8 Aileron Spyder that landed here in Singapore (for those of you who missed it, click here). Now, the Dutch car maker has turned things up a notch with the convertible version of the V8 sports car. The C8 Aileron Spyder sports a high-quality, semi-automatic canvas soft-top. The roof's operation is electric/hydraulic, secured by one central latch operated manually.

Once folded, the soft-top is totally enclosed within the body of the car, allowing for an undisturbed profile. The roof retracts under an aluminium tonneau, with two buttresses upholstered in quilted Hulshof leather (matching the car's interior) and featuring the company's motto "Nulla Tenaci Invia Est Via" ("For the tenacious, no road is impassable"). The soft top has a glass rear window and is available in eight colours.

The Spyker C8 Aileron Spyder features a luggage rack, CNC-machined from solid billets of aluminium, mounted immediately behind the roll hoops, on which a wing-shaped aluminium case is strapped. The case is trimmed in the same quilted leather as the interior and buttresses.