Spyker B6 Venator -- here's what it will look like

Exclusive renderings show Spyker's entry-level supercar set to enter production at the end of 2014
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"Being Dutch," said Muller, "the only car brand that ever made a dent in history was Spyker." 

The Spyker B6 Venator first appeared at the Geneva motor show last year, followed by a Spyder version at Pebble Beach, last August. Since then, Spyker has been hard at work readying the Venator (which means "hunter" in Latin, but also refers to a ship in "Star Wars," as Spyker second-in-command John Walton found out) for an end-of-year production date and a spring 2015 release. When that time rolls around, these images show what it'll look like.

Judging by the renderings from the concept Venator examples seen at Geneva and Pebble Beach, the production B6 Venator's foglights have been toned down from their original wild, mesh-encircled corners. We welcome the change. The hood sports some cooling vents, presumably deemed necessary from testing, and the token reflectors are on, front and rear. In back, the diffuser has been simplified -- but we're tickled to see that the exhausts are still engraved with Spyker's Latin motto: "Nulla tenaci invia est via," or "for the tenacious, no road is impassable."

"The Venator design was inspired by Spyker's aviation heritage in every aspect," said Spyker CEO Victor Muller. It's easy to tell that the taillights are like the afterburners on a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet, the all-glass cockpit is an obvious aviation signifier, and the wheels are turbine-style -- a popular look on high-end luxury cars, if, say, Jaguar is to be believed. But according to Muller, the sharp, swooping crease that defines the sides should recall the 1919 Spyker C1 Aerocoque and its outrageously delicate fenders are an experimental furthering of the C1 that Spyker first started building in 1916. Just one C1 survives, in Australia. As far as we can tell, only photos of the Aerocoque live on.

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The B6 Venator looks just as good departing us. We're glad the exhausts kept its motto engraving.

At Pebble Beach, Muller said that the Venator would be in production by the end of the year. "Nothing's changed," he said recently. "First preproduction cars are being built right now. By the end of this year, we'll be in a position to put it into production. We will not build them in our own facilities. We can't say which one, but it will be a large one."

The B6 Venator is rumored to have a 3.5-liter, 345-hp supercharged V6 mounted amidships -- the same engine that powers the Lotus Evora. Whether the chassis has also been breathed upon by the boys from Hethel remains to be seen.

If you must have a B6 Venator right now, call up Muller and tell him you're interested in the Venator Bond -- a chance to invest $158,000 in the company and cash it out after it matures in three years. For cash, of course, or for your one-of-100 Venator Bond Editions, each of which will come with their own unique chassis numbers, a Chronoswiss wristwatch (Chronoswiss also handles the coin-edge bezeling on Spyker's gauges) and the satisfaction of knowing that you're keeping a small company -- a company that builds some truly stunning interiors -- afloat.

Then again, isn't every exclusive purchase doing just that?