Saab saviour and Spyker boss, Victor Muller, has announced that we could soon see a Saab supercar emerge, inspired by the Saab Aero-X concept presented at the Geneva motor show back in 2006.

The pleasing rescue of Saab by the supercar company has also now evolved into interesting and ambitious plans for the Swedish automaker. The Saab range could get an overhaul, expanding from its current sedan focus, and according to Muller the idea of a Saab Aero-X is not so crazy. He has revealed that it could easily be done, creating the model off the base of the Spyker C8 Aileron.

Not only is that intriguing news in itself, in an announcement that could make Britain proud, Muller has earmarked production to take place at the Coventry plant in the UK, where Spyker moved its assembly operations until the end of 2009. This is turning into an auto romance and all we can do is hope that the rosy future for Saab comes to fruition under the guidance of Spyker.

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Spyker has released these new pics of the C8 Aileron coupé. The roadster version with electronic soft-top will be revealed at Pebble Beach. This model is equipped with an Audi V8 engine at 400 hp, and will substitute the original version launched back in 2000.

The wheel base has been lengthened by 150 mm to make room for a ZF, six-speed automatic transmission. The Spyker C8 Aileron is on sale at prices of 189,990 euros (manual transmission) and 195,990 euros.

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Entering the fray of supercars like Ferrari, but with dubious success, we had a look at the Spyker stand at the Geneva show. It managed to get itself an exclusive location in the triangle of Lotus, Bentley and Pagani, but unfortunately we were still unimpressed by its gaudy style.

But as one reader of autoblog.it says, the Spyker C8 Aileron is saved by its engine: a classic V8 4.2 litre from Audi. See what you think in the gallery below.

Geneva 2009: Dr Supercar

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