Spoiler apparatus, vehicle having such a spoiler apparatus and method for operating the spoiler apparatus

A spoiler apparatus for a vehicle, the spoiler apparatus comprising:

• a spoiler blade extending in a vehicle transverse direction, and being mounted for pivoting about a vehicle transverse axis on a vehicle body or a spoiler housing that is fixed on the vehicle;
• said spoiler blade having two ends, each with a first bearing point at which said spoiler blade is pivotally mounted to the vehicle body or the spoiler housing;
• hinges configured to pivotally mount each of said two ends of said spoiler blade on the vehicle body or the spoiler housing which is fixed on the vehicle, each of said hinges being an arcuate hinge lever with one end rotatably mounted to the vehicle body or the spoiler housing which is fixed on the vehicle and at another end non-rotatably mounted to said spoiler blade;
• an electric motor for actively transferring said spoiler blade from a first operating position into at least one second operating position, and vice versa;
• said electric motor being fixed on the vehicle body or on the spoiler housing between said first bearing points, as viewed in the vehicle transverse direction;
• and
• a toggle lever mechanism operatively connecting said electric motor to said spoiler blade at a second bearing point of said spoiler blade.