The Spyker C12 Zagato is the second production car from the Dutch

Netherlands

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 automobile manufacturer Spyker

Spyker Cars

Spyker Cars is a Dutch sports car marque. The modern Spyker Cars only has the legal right to the brand name. The company's motto is "Nulla tenaci invia est via", which is Latin for "For the tenacious, no road is impassable". The marque's logo displays the piston engine of an airplane, a reference...

. The C12 Zagato is an all-aluminium, mid-engine/rear-drive exotic luxury sportscar.
On March 6, 2007 Spyker announced the C12 Zagato at the Salon International de l'Auto

Salon International de l'Auto

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 in Geneva

Geneva

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. The Milanese

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 design house Zagato

Zagato

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 co-designed the model. The C12 Zagato featured all-new design elements inspired by Formula 1. Though the exterior styling is somewhat of a departure from the C8, retained features include: scissor doors, interior styling, and general aviation theme. The C12 Zagato is powered by a 6.0 L W12 engine sourced from VW Group (the same engine as featured in the Audi A8

Audi A8

The Audi A8 is a four-door, full-size, luxury sedan car manufactured and marketed by the German automaker Audi since 1994. Succeeding the Audi V8, the A8 has been offered with front wheel drive or permanent four-wheel drive, with multitronic or tiptronic automatic transmissions — and in short- and...

 and Volkswagen Phaeton

Volkswagen Phaeton

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). For the C12 Zagato, Spyker Cars have tuned the W12 to produce 500-bhp. The engine is mated to a five-speed automatic gearbox with paddle shifters. Although the nomenclature suggests otherwise, the C12 Zagato is not based upon the C12 LaTurbie prototype. The Spyker C12 Zagato is priced at EUR 495,000 (approximately USD $740,000 or £450,000), and Spyker plan to produce only 24 copies.

Performance

The C12 Zagato develops 368 kW and 610 newton metre from the specially-tuned W12 engine. With a KERB weight of 1480 kg (3,263 lb), the Spyker will accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3.8 seconds, and then on to a top speed of 195 mph. Braking is accomplished by steel ventilated discs and features anti-lock braking. The automatic five-speed gearbox features a torque-converter in lieu of a clutch. Spyker say the move from manual gearboxes as seen in the Spyker C8

C8

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is as per customer request, and the new Aileron model will feature a ZF automatic gearbox similar to that of the C12 Zagato.