Spyker
Car : Spyker
Year : 1905
Engine :4 cylinders in line
Bore and stroke :90?100 mm
Cylinder capacity : 2546 cc
Gears : 3 forward
Brake horse power : -
Maximum speed : -
Wheelbase :7 ft 9 ins
Suspension : front and rear : semi-elliptic leaf- springs

The Netherlands today, apart from DAF, lacks a car industry but at the beginning of the century it had a very active one. Spyker, in particular , was a leading car manufacturer, producing the first 6-cylinder engine and the first car with 4-wheel drive. The firm started in 1880 by building carriages, but changed over to cars because one of the Spijker brothers (Spijker was their real name) became the Dutch agent for Benz. There was nothing exciting about Jacobus and Hendrik Spijker’s first car. In 1903 they produced the first 6-cylinder engine, shortly before the English Napier, and one of the Dutch firm’s 6-cylinder is known to have appeared in London in 1903. This car also had 4-wheel drive and brakes on each wheel. It was intended for racing, but so far as is known it never competed, and only one was made. Cars made by Spyker were characterized by a rounded radiator.
Spyker’s decline started to become apparent in 1920, as its innovative streak faded, though its last car was a 6-dylinder of high quality. It used a 5700 cc Maybach engine with dual ignition. S. F. Edge set some endurance records in one of these cars. Spyker terminated production in 1925.