Though only a few Dutch vehicle makers are in operation today, in the early years of the motorcar around the turn of the 20th century, quite a number of automakers were at work designing and producing cars in the Netherlands. One such firm had its start when brothers Hendrik-Jan and Jacobus Spijker—blacksmiths by trade—founded Spijker (Spyker), a coach-building company, in Hilversum, in 1880. The business moved to Trompenburg, Amsterdam in 1886, establishing there the NV Rijtuigfabriek BV (“Coach Factory”). Spyker…
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