Spyker Automobielen BV was declared bankrupt on December 18, 2014, and at the time the company’s CEO Victor Mueller said he would “relentlessly endeavor to resurrect Spyker as soon as practically possible,” which he has. The court’s decision has been repealed and the automaker is back in business.
According to the release posted on the official Spyker site, the ruling says Spyker was never actually bankrupt, even in the downtime between court decisions. Apparently, all the company faced were “short-term operational and liquidity challenges. When expected bridge funding did not arrive timely, the Court appointed administrator who, together with the Board of Management, bears final responsibility for the management of the Company.”
The infusion of capital that it was expecting did happen, even if a bit later than planned (a few days after the bankruptcy ruling).
Victor Mueller is quoted as saying “on December 18th, last, perhaps the blackest day in our 15 year history, I announced that as far as I was concerned, this was not the end and we would live up to our commitment to relentlessly endeavour to resurrect Spyker as soon as practically possible.”
He adds that even he did “not foresee at the time how quickly and unscathed Spyker would emerge from a situation which usually heralds the end of an era.” This we assume means there will be no real setbacks for the introduction of the great-looking B6 Venator (pictured), the car the company wants to draw in a larger audience than ever before.
We’ll see how it goes and keep you posted, but now you know to expect. Currently, it’s operating under a temporary moratorium of payment in order to allow for business to continue while restructuring takes place.
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