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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
The Netherlands' royal Golden Coach (1898) with Prince Willem-Alexander, Queen Beatrix, and Princess Máxima
The 1903 Spyker 60HP was the world's first 4WD car, directly powered by an internal combustion engine, as well as the world's first 4WD race-car.[citation needed]
Spyker 60 HP (1903)
Spyker 60 HP (1903)
Genevieve (film)
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Genevieve is a 1953 British comedy film produced and directed by Henry Cornelius and written by William Rose. It stars John Gregson, Dinah Sheridan, Kenneth More and Kay Kendall as two couples comedic
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…Both Spyker brand automobiles appear on Dutch postage stamps (first day of issue: May 10, 2004). The car driven by Kenneth More in the 1953 film Genevieve, about the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, is a 1905 Spyker 12/16-HP Double Phaeton. The green-coloured vehicle was repainted yellow twice, first…
Original 1953 lobby card
The Darracq "Genevieve" 10/12 hp, seen here in London in 2024
Emblem of the Darracq
The 1905 Spyker 12/16-HP Double Phæton that was used as Ambrose Claverhouse's car in the film. As of 2012, this car was held in the Louwman Museum in the Netherlands, along with Genevieve. A still from the film can be seen in the background