The Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris is a luxury 4-door high performance SUV from the Dutch car manufacturer Spyker Cars. The model was introduced at the 2006 Geneva motor show and production is scheduled to begin in late 2007. The name Peking-to-Paris refers to an endurance rally held in 1907 from Peking (now called Beijing) in China to Paris in France, in which a 1903 four wheel drive Spyker grand prix car participated. The Spyker car won the rally after a three month drive.
Despite having a weight of 1850kg the car still goes from 0-100km/h (0-60mp/h) in 5.0 seconds and has a top speed of 295km/h. It achieves this by using a 500bhp Audi W12 engine. Though being an SUV, the car has a lot of design features from Spyker's sports car, the C8, such as the aeroblade wheels and the smooth rear view mirrors. Notable is also that the back seat doors are hinged at the rear, creating so called suicide doors. [ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Spyker D12 ]
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