Spyker Cars trademark rights are for sale

That long agony now seems to be over. It is Money Every Day reports that the rights to the Spyker Cars trademark will be offered for sale online later this month. The sale is a result of the bankruptcy of Spyker NV, which was declared bankrupt last Tuesday. If you still want to make a big car with a good brand name, this is your chance.

This latest blow to Spyker is the result of previous bankruptcy. The case manager is still claiming €52,000 in unpaid debts. Spyker NV was the entity through which the company housed all of its stock market activities. In the ten years that NV operated on the stock market, a debt of €45 million was eventually collected.

Victor was hot

As usual, Victor Muller disputes the news that it is really over with Spyker. Last summer, he said, the brand tapped the money of Boris Rotenberg, the Russian banker behind the SMP Racing Le Mans team. However, Rotenberg has not invested a penny in Spyker, Muller now admits. The agreement is said to have ‘not produced the expected results’. The reason for this is said to be an unknown ‘internal factor’.

However, Victor leaves feeling that the SMP money may come again later. According to him, the money is much needed, as the corona crisis has ‘severely disrupted’ Spyker due to the withdrawal of Chinese investors. ‘I’m running to get funding. I’m in the middle of that process.’

Will Victor escape the dance again this time by defrauding an investor from somewhere? We are curious.