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"At Geneva, I spent some time with Victor Muller, the CEO of Spyker\u2014and incidentally their chief stylist\u2014about Spyker&amp;#039;s second chance. After being involved in the ill-fated purchase of Saab, the solvency of Spyker was very much in doubt. And to be honest, it still is. But at least Muller had a new product to show off, something Spyker badly needs, and the success of his company hinges on it: the lower-priced B6 Venator. We checked in with Muller about some details of the new mid-engined car, and while a lot is still being worked out, Muller seemed upbeat about Spyker&amp;#039;s prospects.  Speculation around the net is that the B6 Venator will be heavily (or entirely) based on the Lotus Evora, a car the Road &amp;amp;amp; Track staff likes a lot. The Evora is offered with a Toyota 3.5 L V6 with an available supercharger, a motor with pedestrian origins that is lovely in the Lotus. To that, Muller wouldn&amp;#039;t comment, except to confirm that the B6 will employ a V6, and not a turbocharged four.   When asked if the B6 will be supercharged, Muller cryptically said, &amp;quot;That depends on the supplier.&amp;quot; Whether the Toyota engine might not be in play was left to the imagination. Maybe Muller&amp;#039;s playing coy.  He had more to say about transmission options, though. Despite only selling a handful of cars since the inception of the company in 1999, they&amp;#039;ve got a good grasp on what they want (a Porsche Doppelkupplung-style automated manual) and how many they&amp;#039;ll produce (90 percent with the double-clutch setup). Muller was very clear that a proper manual would be offered. &amp;quot;Oh yeah,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Our European customers are dying to order even the Ailerons with manuals.&amp;quot; Three-pedal fans can breathe a sigh of relief at that, on both sides of the pond.  And then he mentioned the Spyder variant of the B6. When will we see it? According to Muller, &amp;quot;Pebble Beach.&amp;quot; He seemed adamant that the B6 would be truly topless by then.   What about the SUV? Those with good memories might remember the D8 Peking-to-Paris that made the auto show circuit before the Saab fiasco. When I asked Muller about the stillborn D8, he said, &amp;quot;Now finally we are going to see the SUV on the road.&amp;quot; The optimism that a third model will join the Spyker lineup was backed up by what Muller claimed was a 25 million Euro investment by the Chinese company Youngman. For those worried that a seven-year-old concept SUV will look outdated, Muller claims that the styling language that he penned for the B6 will transfer over to the new SUV, but was mum on any further details.  Muller is charismatic, energetic, and talented. He&amp;#039;s an attorney by trade, not a designer, even though he claims sole credit for the B6 Venator&amp;#039;s styling. But Muller&amp;#039;s personality alone is not enough to get his cars onto the street. Hopefully Muller lines up the financing and suppliers he needs to actually make a go at selling cars again.  Until then, we&amp;#039;ll wait and see. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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