Simply Abu Dhabi XIII

3 2 7 S I M P LY A B U DH A B I O ne of the great pleasures of writing about cars in Simply Abu Dhabi is that, in our bid to bring you the best inmotoring, one gets to experience the most interesting, the most exotic and just occasionally, the most plain crazy cars the world has to offer. The wonderful Spyker C8 Aileron featured here certainly falls into every one of those categories. Interesting, certainly. Exotic, without a doubt. Plain crazy? Well, I’ll leave that for you to decide. To give you a little background, Spyker are the Dutch car company who, at various points in their history, have entered into F1 motor racing, dropped out, bought Saab, got rid of it again and along the way found the time to produce some of the world’s wildest supercars, cars that could only be Spykers. The all-new, C8 Aileron continues Spyker’s rich heritage of performance, craftsmanship and exclusivity. It’s also, of course, just a little on the wild side. At a first glance, it’s clear to see that this car also continues the Spyker theme of taking design cues from advanced aircraft propulsion. Although now, rather than the propellers featured on earlier cars, jet turbine blades lead the way. Just look at the air intakes that run from the car’s nose, along its flanks and all the way to the rear end. Also, check out the turbine wheel design. If a jet fighter doesn’t instantly spring to mind, them I’m perhaps missing a point somewhere. Performance Spike