Spyker Silvestris V8

[1] The Silvestris was hand built by Maarten de Bruijn, co-founder of Spyker, and it debuted at the 1999 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

[3] The Silvestris is built on a basic central monocoque made from galvanized sheet metal, with a tubular frame in the front and back, and features scissor doors.

De Bruijn's dream was to start his own sports car factory, which led him to create the Silvestris.

Muller provided financial backing to bring the concept to production, becoming co-founder of the now reborn Spyker Cars alongside De Bruijn.

With Muller's funding the Silvestris was developed into the Spyker C8 which debuted in 2000, a car which shared some styling cues and functional elements with the prototype but had undergone substantial changes in a variety of areas.