Spyker to launch B6 Venator Spyder and coupe

Usually press releases issued by automobile companies about their financial results comprise mainly of numbers related to profit, loss, investment etc. Such releases do not carry a mention of any future product that the manufacturer plans to launch in the market. But the Netherlands based supercar manufacturer Spyker stated its plans to launch a convertible B6 Venator in the middle of an official business press release!

The manufacturer stated in the press release that its B6 Venator coupe will go into production along with its convertible version. The manufacturer has not mentioned a date, time or location with regards to their plans of revealing the convertible B6 Venator. The only upcoming big ticket event is the Frankfurt Motor Show in September and it is likely that Spyker will reveal the B6 Venator Spyder during the show.

The B6 Venator was first reveled to the world at the the March 2013 Geneva Auto Show. The concept supercar show at the venue was in coupe styling. The convertible B6 Venator will get the same mid-mounted V6 engine from the coupe which produces 375PS of peak power. Its performance is expected to be dramatic as the supercar will have a low body weight owing to an aluminium chassis and carbon fibre body.

The Spyker B6 Venator is likely to reach production stage in early 2014. The coupe version will be sold alongside the convertible with the B6 Venator Spyder likely to be a bit more expensive than the B6 Venator coupe. The supercars are expected to carry a price tag of around Rs 67.25 lakh to Rs 81.07 lakh once they are ready to be sold in the market. According to reports, the first batch of the supercars are being allocated to the Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Indian markets with a US launch in autumn 2014.

By Team Overdrive
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Spyker promises B6 Venator Spyder reveal this year

Tucked in the middle of a very long business update press release, Spyker has confirmed that it will unveil a topless version of the B6 Venator Concept that we first saw in coupe form at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year. A specific launch timeframe has not been given, other than the ultra-vague "later this year," but we'll bet our bottom dollar that the open-top B6 will show its face at the Frankfurt Motor Show this September.

Spyker states that the launch of the B6 marks "the beginning of a new era for the brand, one that will include a significant increase in production." The B6 will go into production in 2014, with the first cars being allocated for Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and India. Production of US-spec models will kick off in the fall of 2014.

We don't imagine the specs will change from the coupe, meaning the mid-mounted V6 with 375 horsepower should still be offered in the Spyder. A key factor to the coupe's performance is lightness (the whole package weighs in at just 3,100 pounds), and while we don't imagine the Spyder will be a porker, some sort of folding top mechanism and its associated bracing will no doubt add weight.

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