Cars

BMW, Packard, Rolls-Royce, SAAB, and Spyker all have what in common? The Packard and Rolls-Royce clues should have given it away but if you haven’t guessed yet they all are car manufacturers who once worked in aviation. (Interestingly, Spyker recently publicized purchase of SAAB from GM maybe a signal to come back for Spyker and/or SAAB to their aeronautical roots?) Apart from some Spyker model names and various aesthetic pieces (mostly interior trim) nothing similar about Spyker planes and the C8 Laviolette LM85 we have today.

The wonderfully beautiful Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85 features Audi’s wonderfully sonourous 4.2L V8, found in various Audi’s but most notably in the 2008 Audi RS4, pressing out 400HP in Laviolette trim. But what sets the Laviolette apart from a “standard” Spyker C8 is the fixed roof and GT2 series inspired livery and there were only 24 built to honor the Spyker teams attempt at competing in the 24 hours of Le Mans in 2006 (the “85,” from LM85, was their car number).

Located in Houston, TX, today’ car is a #6 of those 24 cars with a claimed 3 miles on the odometer (wouldn’t that be something?). Apart from the Audi steering wheel, the bespoke interior has quilted leather and alcantara and brushed, billet, polished and turned aluminum and stainless throughout (part of the “Quilted Leather Package” and “Turned Aluminum Package” respectively). Bidding starts at $252,490 from expo_motorcars for this mint-condition piece of Spyker history.