Spyker C8 Double 12 S; Naughty Dutch Boy.(News)
AutoWeek, November, 2002 by Davis, Matt
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Byline: Matt Davis Holland's most famous automaker was reborn after 71 years. After producing roughly 3000 cars between 1900 and 1926-not to mention 100 fighter aircraft during World War I-the original Spyker company closed up shop. The company motto, ``Nulla tenaci invia est via'' (``For the tenacious no road is impassable''), may be in reference to its 1903 60-hp car that employed the world's first six-cylinder engine and functioning four-wheel-drive system.
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