But that's not all. In a retracing of Spyker's aircraft-manufacturing roots, its ever-ambitious chairman Victor R. Muller says Spyker is slated to merge with an unnamed "US based manufacturer of ...

Muller added, however, that he will "relentlessly endeavour to resurrect Spyker as soon as practically possible" with the goal of merging with an aircraft concern to develop an electric sports car.

During World War I, the luxury car market took a nosedive and Spyker began to manufacture fighter aircraft. After the war, the company returned to its roots with a single goal mind: breaking records.