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Notable products of Spyker were building the Golden Coach for state ceremonial use for the Dutch royalty in 1898. 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 ...
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.
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 newspaper Le Matin ...
The Spyker C12 Zagato is a limited edition, all-aluminium, mid-engine/rear-drive exotic luxury sports car from Dutch automobile manufacturer Spyker.It is based on the C12 platform, [citation needed] alongside the Spyker designed C12 La Turbie which debuted the previous year, and features a unique body designed with help from Italian design house Zagato.
The cost of the cars are estimated values and the year of the car is provided where information is available. ... And her Spyker C8 Spyder, costing $209,990, is known for its "odd blend of sensual ...
The Spyker B6 Venator is a concept car built by Dutch manufacturer Spyker Cars and first shown to the public at the Geneva Motor Show in April 2013. [1] It was planned for production by 2014. The mid engined, rear-wheel drive concept is powered by a yet-to-be specified V6 engine, producing 375 bhp (280 kW; 380 PS), mated to a six-speed automatic.