Spyker is a Dutch automobile manufacturer founded in 1898, it merged in 1914 with a firm of aviation, we see today on the logo mark this reference with the propeller.
The company went bankrupt in 1907 and 1922 before closing in 1926.
In 1999 a new company, Spyker Cars was founded, unrelated to the original company.
Spyker Cars has acquired September 10, 2006 team Formula 1 Midland F1 Racing in an amount of 84 million euros (106 million dollars) and the renamed Spyker F1 Team. On Friday, October 5, 2007, at the GP of China, Spyker Cars NV announced the acquisition, amounting to 88 million euros, Spyker F1 Team by the consortium Orange India Holdings, consisting equally of Watson ltd. (owned by Indian businessman Mallya Vilaj) and Strongwind (owned by the family of Michiel Mol).
In 1898 two brothers, Jacobus and Hendrik-Jan Spijker, who had an auto body shop in Hilversum (Netherlands) built their first Benz motor car with which they quickly caught the eye for style of their body.
The same year Spijker brothers built a famous coach - "Golden State coach '- still in use today, to commemorate the forthcoming coronation of the Queen of Holland, Wilhelmina.
The brothers are then invested entirely in automobile production. The trade name was changed to Spyker, for easier identification on foreign markets.
In 1903, Spyker present at the Salon de l'Auto in Paris the 36/50 HP - the first car with a six-cylinder engine, four wheel drive and braking systems on all four wheels (original design by Emile Gustave DROUARD and Joseph LAVIOLETTE). Spyker's image rise further in 1907 when a standard model, the 14/18HP Tourer has ended the famous Paris-Beijing in second place.
During the First World War (1914-1918) recession on the global market for luxury car Spyker forced to diversify its production and merge with the factory Holland NV Aviation to develop and build a fighter plane.
After the war Spyker resumed car production. Spyker has launched into the construction of models capable of beating all records. The most famous of these is the Spyker C4 that had a special motor, designed by the famous German engineer Wilhelm Maybach.
In 1921, a standard C4 (chassis No. C41, engine No. 3201) set a new distance record, traveling - without interruption - a distance of 30,000 kilometers in 36 days.
In 1925, Spyker Company ceased to exist, but his name was never forgotten.
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