Spyker Cars is a Dutch sports car marque. Spyker existed long in the history as car maker. In a flashback, Spyker started in 1880 by coachbuilders Jacobus and Hendrik-Jan Spijker, but to be able to market the brand better in foreign countries, in 1903 the ‘ij’ was changed into ‘y’. They were originally based in Hilversum but in 1898 moved to Trompenburg, Amsterdam. It is the one responsible for manufacturing the Dutch Queen’s “Golden Carriage” in 1898 and still in use today. The company produced cars, aircraft and aircraft engines during the war. The death of its founder led to bankruptcy.

In 1999, it was revived by Victor Muller and Maarten de Bruijn in 1999, and since 2000 Spyker has been building exclusive sports cars like the C8 Spyder and the C8 Laviolette (with its elegant glass roof).

In September 2006, Spyker bought out the Midland F1 team. The team competed in the final 3 races of the 2006 season as Spyker MF1. In the 2007, the team competed as Spyker F1 using engines supplied by Ferrari. Driver Adrian Sutil was paired with Christijan Albers until the European Grand Prix where the latter was replaced by reserve driver Markus Winkelhock; the team then signed Sakon Yamamoto to fill in the slot for the rest of the year. The team itself had minimal success, suffering from multiple retirements (including double retirements in Malaysia, Canada and Brazil) before Sutil scored the team’s first and only point in Japan. At the end of the season, the team was sold to a consortium named “Orange India” led by Vijay Mallya and was subsequently renamed as Force India.

The modern Spyker Cars only has the legal right to the brand name. Spyker logo is not as popular like other car logos. The Spyker logo displays the piston engine of an airplane, a reference to the historic Spyker company which manufactured aircraft. It also shows spokes and a ring with the company’s motto “Nulla tenaci invia est via”, which is Latin for “For the tenacious, no road is impassable”. The Spyker logo shows its character like other car logos in motor industry. It marked a name in history even it undergone a lot of challenges in a vast competition and advertising of car logos.

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