Inside Galpin's Newest Brand: Spyker
It's one thing to build an exotic sports car. Lots of people have done that. The key is selling those cars once they're built, meaning you better have a distribution system. Spyker cars managed to do just that. Chip Drake filed this report on Galpin Motors and why they decided to take on the Spyker brand.
About Spyker
Spyker or Spijker was a Dutch carriage, automobile and aircraft manufacturer, started in 1880 by blacksmiths Jacobus and Hendrik-Jan Spijker. Originally located in Hilversum, the company relocated to Trompenburg, Amsterdam in 1898. 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 wel...
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