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In 1903, the Spyker 60 HP race-car was the world's first F4 layout, four-wheel drive car, featuring the first application of a six-cylinder engine, as well as the first four-wheel braking system. The 1919 C1 “Aerocoque” was one of the world's first cars with aerodynamically streamlined bodywork. [citation needed]
The Spyker 60 HP racing car, probably built in 1902, [1] but presented in 1903, was the world's first petrol-fuelled four-wheel drive car. [2] Known as "the car of three firsts", [3] with a top speed of 80 mph (129 km/h) [4] to 90 mph, [3] it was manufactured by the Dutch carriage and automobile maker Spyker, set up in 1880 by blacksmiths ...
Spyker Cars (/ ˈspaɪkər /, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈspɛikər]) is a Dutch sports car brand held by the holding company Spyker N.V. (formerly known as Spyker Cars N.V. and Swedish Automobile N.V.). The modern Spyker Cars held the legal rights to the brand name. [ 2 ] The company's motto is " Nulla tenaci invia est via ", Latin for "For the ...
The Laviolette was the second C8 model to be developed, and was unveiled by Spyker at AutoRAI 2001. [5] The Laviolette has the same Audi 4.2-litre V8 engine producing 400 PS (294 kW; 395 hp) as the Spyder, but replaces the Spyder's retractable soft top roof with a fixed glass canopy and an integrated roof air intake, making it the first C8 Coupé. 55 Laviolettes were built in total.
Height. 1255 mm (49.4 in) Curb weight. 1400 kg (3086 lb) The Spyker C12 La Turbie is a sports car produced by Dutch automaker Spyker Cars in 2006. The LaTurbie was the first version of the C12 platform, being followed by the C12 Zagato one year later, which featured a unique Zagato designed body. Spyker originally planned to produce 25 ...
Peking to Paris. The Peking to Paris motor race was an automobile race, originally held in 1907, between Peking (now Beijing), then Qing China (now the People's Republic of China) and Paris, France (then the Third French Republic), a distance of 14,994 kilometres (9,317 mi). The idea for the race came from a challenge published in the Paris ...
It was the first Spyker car designed by Gascoyne and he stated the new car could be up to three-quarters of a second per lap faster than the original F8-VII. [5] In 2008, Spyker became the Force India team after its sale to Vijay Mallya. Gascoyne continued as chief technology officer.
The Spyker Silvestris V8 is a Dutch mid-engine sports car introduced in 1999 as a prototype for what would later become the Spyker C8. The Silvestris was the first new model from Spyker since it declared bankruptcy in 1929 and it hailed a return of the once prestigious brand. [1] The Silvestris was hand built by Maarten de Bruijn, co-founder of ...