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Spyker Cars is a small car manufacturer based in the Netherlands. Run by 53 year old CEO Victor Muller, it makes bespoke hand-made luxury sports cars for a very select clientele, with their present... car, the C8 Aileron, retailing at two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.In just two months' time Victor plans to unveil his latest creation, the B6 Venator, to the awaiting automotive world at Pebble Beach, California. Designed to retail at one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, Victor sees the new car as an opportunity to reach a wider audience and help drive his company back into profitability.If successful with the launch, Victor hopes to increase production from his present schedule of just one car a week to ten cars a week. Victor will escape the boardroom and spend a week with his team on the front line. After being challenged by his staff to see for himself the obstacles that lie ahead in bringing his dream alive, will he discover just how uncomfortable life in the fast lane can be?
Spyker Cars is a small car manufacturer based in the Netherlands. Run by 53 year old CEO Victor Muller, it makes bespoke hand-made luxury sports cars for a very select clientele, with their present... car, the C8 Aileron, retailing at two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.In just two months' time Victor plans to unveil his latest creation, the B6 Venator, to the awaiting automotive world at Pebble Beach, California. Designed to retail at one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, Victor sees the new car as an opportunity to reach a wider audience and help drive his company back into profitability.If successful with the launch, Victor hopes to increase production from his present schedule of just one car a week to ten cars a week. Victor will escape the boardroom and spend a week with his team on the front line. After being challenged by his staff to see for himself the obstacles that lie ahead in bringing his dream alive, will he discover just how uncomfortable life in the fast lane can be?
| Series: | Escape from the boardroom |
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| Episode | 1 |
| First transmission date: | 21-09-2013 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC World News |
| Published: | 2013 |
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| Duration: | 00:44:45 |
| Note: | BBC World News version |
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| Producer: | Alexis Girardet |
| Narrator: | Rupert Houseman |
| Contributor: | Victor Muller |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | BBC World News website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n27vngqx Episode webpage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n3csvjg8 |
| Production number: | WLNO184F |
| Available to public: | no |
