What It's Like To Drive A Spyker! [$350k Dutch Supercar]

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  • Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
  • I get a last minute invite to drive a rare Spyker C8 Spyder at Authentic Motorcars in Redmond near Seattle. Under 150 cars were ever made so I never expected to get the chance to drive one. We go for a quick blast along a local lake so I can experience the quirky Dutch supercar.
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  • @mrrs1113
    @mrrs1113 4 года назад +173

    Thanks for the love Sam!!! As a Dutchman I've always been proud of the Spyker... now all you have to try is a Donkervoort 🤘😎 🇳🇱

    • @marcnobel3938
      @marcnobel3938 4 года назад +7

      Donkervoort is wayyyyy above of Spiker in my opinion. They make incredible cars.

    • @mrrs1113
      @mrrs1113 4 года назад +4

      @@marcnobel3938 For a track hoon and some undiluted fun the D8 is amazing so I have to side with you.... however, the Spyker looks mega in casino square

    • @marcnobel3938
      @marcnobel3938 4 года назад +2

      @@mrrs1113 For that I would prefer the D8 GTO-40 .... just looks at it ... ;-)

    • @renknook
      @renknook 4 года назад +9

      What about a DAF 55?

    • @mrrs1113
      @mrrs1113 4 года назад +2

      @@marcnobel3938 then we will park them both side by side, and have a drink so we can talk about this some more 😎

  • @Alfa75fan
    @Alfa75fan 4 года назад +62

    This was so much fun for me to share the car with Sam and his audience. I was fortunate to be able to sell these cars and go to Spyker training when they were new and available here in the USA. I really love to see the public reaction when they see a Spyker for the first time as they are truly something very special to behold in person. I am even more lucky now to be able to care for one of these cars as it is in a collection that I get to manage! "Nulla tenaci invia est via" (For the tenacious, no road is impassible). -Shannon Low

    • @seenthroughglass
      @seenthroughglass  4 года назад +4

      Thanks so much for the opportunity

    • @onkouth
      @onkouth 4 года назад +2

      I went to the European Gran Prix back in 2006 and seen the Spyker Race drivers drive two of these around the circuit in the iconic Orange Spyker Livery and just fell in love with them, they are beautiful cars, definitely up there with my favourites, I only wish their financial situation would get sorted, the one car i always wanted to see produced was the D10 Peking to Paris SUV. It would be amazing to see what they could produce now.

  • @wouterkoeling
    @wouterkoeling 4 года назад +275

    I’m a simple dutch man. I see spyker, I click. Fast.

  • @thomasabbott6332
    @thomasabbott6332 4 года назад +215

    Gorgeous car, sadly it doesn't have the weaponised steering wheel that impaled you in a crash

    • @urgetodrive
      @urgetodrive 4 года назад +24

      But oh, what a way to go! ~ J. Clarkson

    • @AndrewJaws
      @AndrewJaws 4 года назад +9

      We are in the process of acquiring one. 😬

    • @beekjoost
      @beekjoost 4 года назад +8

      instagram.com/p/Bub9008hCbC/?igshid=141sqr0oi1ijy Dutch_jdd . The artist who creates these aftermarket steering wheels. Must have.

    • @F1ll1nTh3Blanks
      @F1ll1nTh3Blanks 4 года назад +3

      It's an art piece.
      ..but without the wheel, it feels like something's missing. 😌

    • @Nemesiscrx
      @Nemesiscrx 4 года назад

      Its not a supercar....with a audi 4.5 cc atmo...

  • @sanderernest5405
    @sanderernest5405 4 года назад +202

    Dutch represent!

    • @harlingenman4638
      @harlingenman4638 4 года назад

      Sander458 hoi

    • @FXLR99
      @FXLR99 4 года назад +2

      Stop doing that when something is Dutch related, it's cringe😂
      (Yes im Dutch myself)

    • @corneschep1412
      @corneschep1412 4 года назад

      😂ja

    • @vincentberends7921
      @vincentberends7921 4 года назад

      Zeker

    • @chshet
      @chshet 3 года назад

      jaa stop daar is mee Luuk vind het niet fijn jongens!!
      We moeten allemaal rekening houden met Luuk en zijn cringes..

  • @camiel221
    @camiel221 4 года назад +87

    Never clicked so god damn fast on a video when i saw that thumbnail. Proud dutchman here!

    • @RVCarCare
      @RVCarCare 4 года назад +1

      Cars bikes and chill The same here 😁

    • @LcRiql
      @LcRiql 4 года назад

      Also a dutchman, and yea...
      The car is pure historic dutch rawness!

    • @francoismontresmecaniques7082
      @francoismontresmecaniques7082 4 года назад +2

      You can be, I m not dutch, but the Spyker remains one if the truly beautiful cars of the last years. Truly because all the components are pieces of beauty. That is way more rare than supercars stuff. Very few cars are like that.

    • @F1ll1nTh3Blanks
      @F1ll1nTh3Blanks 4 года назад +1

      @@francoismontresmecaniques7082 Yep. Not even Dutch. Love the car to bits.

  • @bicyclist2
    @bicyclist2 2 года назад +3

    I first saw this car on Top Gear. This is my dream car. The look is fabulous. Its so stylish without being over the top. Its so much better looking than a modern Ferrari or Lambo. I love that its a manual trans. Thank you.

  • @s.-8406
    @s.-8406 4 года назад +207

    Too bad this one doesn't have the "boat" steering wheel

    • @AndrewJaws
      @AndrewJaws 4 года назад +10

      We are working on acquiring one!

    • @timwaardenburg2
      @timwaardenburg2 4 года назад +2

      is it even allowed in the us?

    • @deszczowiec1974
      @deszczowiec1974 4 года назад +8

      It`s a propeller b`cause Spyker is a tribute to an old plane cabin...

    • @John_Doe....
      @John_Doe.... 4 года назад +1

      it should have a boat throttle as well, and the brakepedal in the passenger footwell for good measure... 🤪

    • @inthelionsden4772
      @inthelionsden4772 3 года назад

      Boat????? It's an aircraft propeller as someone whose name I can't spell says too, since, like BMW and SAAB, Spyker was an aircraft producer. HOnestly, doesn't take much research to know that.

  • @GTIracerr
    @GTIracerr 4 года назад +8

    I'm Dutch myself and this is the first time I really took a good look at this car. Victor Muller did something right for sure... with age it becomes more and more of a beauty. 420 horsepower is plenty to have fun!
    Awesome video and opportunity, Sam!

  • @Maximil1ion
    @Maximil1ion 4 года назад +47

    Besides the handbrake on the passenger side i really like this car
    kinda feel like this is a pocket pagani

  • @embakubmotoring
    @embakubmotoring 4 года назад +76

    Knew this car from a video game called Test Drive, back during the days of the PS2.

    • @FXLR99
      @FXLR99 4 года назад +2

      Test Drive, good times man😂

    • @embakubmotoring
      @embakubmotoring 4 года назад

      @@antonio-9153 that thing was so crazy😂

  • @AKA001
    @AKA001 4 года назад +10

    This over any Ferrari, Lamborghini or Porsche... bespoke, special, awesome

  • @gandalfkenobi007
    @gandalfkenobi007 4 года назад +4

    Sam, I've been waiting literally YEARS for ANYONE to drag this in front of a camera, and YOU did it. I don't know why no one ever does but THANK YOU!

    • @youdontknowwme2293
      @youdontknowwme2293 4 года назад +2

      Alejandro did a lil while ago. Dont remember if he drove it. But i loved this when i use to play test drive unlimited

    • @gandalfkenobi007
      @gandalfkenobi007 4 года назад +1

      @@youdontknowwme2293 Thanks! I don't follow him so I missed that

    • @seenthroughglass
      @seenthroughglass  4 года назад +2

      Glad you enjoyed it. Was such a fun experience

  • @87plank
    @87plank 4 года назад +7

    As a Dutchman i greatly appreciate you filming a Spyker !
    I love the brand.

    • @iaintdonknow
      @iaintdonknow 4 года назад +1

      Love the cars, the brand, but everything else about the brand is awful. Bankruptcy, bad management, stupid mistakes and impossible promises.

  • @allanreardon
    @allanreardon 4 года назад +8

    I remember seeing this spec at LA Auto Show in 2006. Some stunning cars that year including the Veyron. But that gear lever was just on another level. So cool.

  • @kevincoombs7348
    @kevincoombs7348 Год назад +1

    WOW!
    I was never sure about the Spyker, now its at the top of my wish list.
    Enough power but not too much and from the drivers seat the view is that of a Riva power boat.
    Absolutely love it.

  • @randomdancer9606
    @randomdancer9606 4 года назад +10

    Yesses
    One of my all time favourite cars!! That exhaust rumble and the interior 😍

  • @DNLV-yn2cw
    @DNLV-yn2cw 4 года назад +3

    Another great video, pretty much one of the first good driving videos of a spyker I’ve seen, absolutely love them though! 😍 and truly are art pieces

  • @noahbirdrevolution
    @noahbirdrevolution 4 года назад +2

    Hands down one of the coolest, timeless interiors. Almost classy steampunk.

  • @vincent5641
    @vincent5641 4 года назад +54

    Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱

  • @augustmotorcars
    @augustmotorcars 4 года назад +1

    We have one of the very few Spyker C8 Spyders made for Canada in our showroom at the moment so it's very cool to see another one of these beautiful works of art!

  • @iiGiesz
    @iiGiesz 4 года назад +5

    As a Dutchman, I approve of this video in any way or form!

  • @ozzycalle
    @ozzycalle 4 года назад +3

    The content is so good now Sam, keep up the great work!:)

  • @neilpatching7443
    @neilpatching7443 4 года назад +3

    Thank you for that. The sound of that car was beautiful a true V8 sound. 👍👍

  • @peterah7957
    @peterah7957 4 года назад +2

    Love the car and you are right even for a car that age it still looks amazing and up to date. Great video bud!

  • @LapoftheWorld
    @LapoftheWorld 4 года назад +2

    I still don't think there are many cars, even this many years later, that would trump a Spyker for curbside presence. It's that whole sophisticated-but-bonkers ethos and all of the attention to detail in the design. I've seen a couple in person and I can almost guarantee I was late to wherever I was going for the sake of staring at the tail pipes or polished ducting, or the rear view mirror, or the switchgear etc. ad astra.

  • @chrisvandijk99
    @chrisvandijk99 4 года назад +10

    Mooi wagentje :-D it is a beauty to look at! glad it drives good too.

  • @stavros5540
    @stavros5540 4 года назад +1

    Mate, you continue to produce solid content that is surpassing a lot of the other youtuber's. Keep doing what your doing. If you ever make it out to Chicago, let me know. We can meet up for lunch and terrorize the city in my Sharkwerks GT3.

  • @WebbyOnCars
    @WebbyOnCars 4 года назад +7

    What a beautiful looking car! It just goes to prove that you don't the the fastest car to enjoy yourself! Great video Sam!👏

  • @goofydog2
    @goofydog2 4 года назад

    You had to be blessing the gods for having gave you a beautiful day to drive in!!! Good vid...

  • @sewellcrew2137
    @sewellcrew2137 4 года назад

    "Apart from some of the dials, this could be a modern car" wtf the dials are timeless and part of the whole charm and aesthetic

  • @okiali6381
    @okiali6381 4 года назад

    Such a beauty. Just lovely style, design. A work of art for sure.

  • @ApexGears
    @ApexGears 4 года назад

    Unreal! Awesome Vid man, just wow at those cars!

  • @szn00
    @szn00 4 года назад +10

    First saw the C8 on Top gear...really like it's classic design❤

  • @Veryperceptivecat
    @Veryperceptivecat 4 года назад +2

    i LOVE LOVE LOVE Spyker... black Laviolette with red or dark green leather for me, please. Gosh, what a stunning piece of craftsmanship

  • @guuslombarts9004
    @guuslombarts9004 4 года назад +4

    As a Dutchie I can only love this thing so much! Glad you enjoyed it Sam! Sadly the brand went bankrupt trying to buy Saab etc..

  • @xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx670
    @xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx670 4 года назад +3

    Thoroughly enjoyed the video and your podcast with Chris Harris and Ed

  • @francoismontresmecaniques7082
    @francoismontresmecaniques7082 4 года назад +1

    Fabulous! to me one of the most gorgeous car of the last 20 years, with real beauty in its components, like a Huayra, like a Chiron. So glad you made a review of this wonder.
    If ever you have the chance, please review a Venturi, a Wiessman ( mf5) or a Morgan Aeromax, my dream cars (more than superhyperwhatever...cars)

  • @kisilvan
    @kisilvan 4 года назад +2

    Absolutely love those cars. Thanks for the experience 😁🤘

  • @davidgilbert
    @davidgilbert 4 года назад

    Enjoyed that - thanks!

  • @StephenGibson
    @StephenGibson 4 года назад +2

    Good work Sam. I think it's the perfect car for a husband & wife who don't necessarily care about downforce or carbon this & that but still want something a little more unique & more driving involvement than say a Continental or Wraith.

  • @joeschmoe5009
    @joeschmoe5009 4 года назад

    Lucky you! I remember my first time seeing 1 of these in the movie rogue with jet li and jadon statham and they are so beautiful!

  • @denisspratt926
    @denisspratt926 4 года назад +3

    The Spyker is just beautiful.
    One of few mid engined supercars i actually like.
    And the interior is just wonderful.
    Great video.

  • @Fvandenberg
    @Fvandenberg 4 года назад +9

    Love this car. I really hope Spyker can get it together and build their new Spyker C8 Preliator (which looks amazing!) with a Koenigsegg V8 and 600HP

    • @anastasiosgeorgiadis7741
      @anastasiosgeorgiadis7741 4 года назад

      Asia Grill that deal with Koenigsegg is dead. And Preliator was already introduced in 2016-17. Spyker is zo to speak dead and buried.

  • @limalimauk
    @limalimauk 4 года назад

    Always loved the Spyker. Top content as always

  • @CarObsession
    @CarObsession 4 года назад +1

    That's a stunning car, with an equally stunning noise!

  • @pedroleao4880
    @pedroleao4880 4 года назад

    You have the best POV angle on YT!!!

  • @coltonkey123
    @coltonkey123 4 года назад

    Absolutely love the quilted seats.

  • @twoeyedbob
    @twoeyedbob 4 года назад

    Stunning car😍
    refreshing change from all the usual stuff

  • @patrickmoralesramon9577
    @patrickmoralesramon9577 4 года назад

    When you get to Vancouver, you absolutely have to drive the sea to sky highway from Vancouver to Whistler. One of the most AMAZING roads that I have ever driven.

  • @Gunt4sh
    @Gunt4sh 4 года назад +1

    Enjoy the PNW! As a brit who moved to Washington a few years ago, I love it here! Enjoy Sam!

  • @karthikrajah8680
    @karthikrajah8680 4 года назад +4

    Second, great videos Sam, great channel inside and out

  • @Doesntmatterreally
    @Doesntmatterreally 4 года назад +1

    I'll never forget seeing one of these pulling up at the red light and looked at it in aw bc I never thought I'd see one driving down the road by the way this was 2006 in Sarasota Florida

  • @munraajmangat3534
    @munraajmangat3534 4 года назад

    Awesome video yet again

  • @allensaunders449
    @allensaunders449 4 года назад

    Hope to see a drive in a new spyker some day, but this is really nice. A real unicorn car

  • @R-Tap
    @R-Tap 4 года назад

    Back then the C8 was in my dream 10 car garage.
    It still is today.

  • @ramonblackz7020
    @ramonblackz7020 4 года назад

    Beautiful Drive that car is a Masterpiece

  • @joshwilletts6852
    @joshwilletts6852 4 года назад

    Good video sam 👍🏼👌🏼👍🏼

  • @igortereshchenko5675
    @igortereshchenko5675 4 года назад +1

    Beautiful!!

  • @summitdetailing6697
    @summitdetailing6697 4 года назад +1

    Refreshing change to the 'usual' stuff, decent drivetrain by the sounds of it and all the power that you'd need in the real world. Interior quality looks great too, not keen on the exterior styling however.

  • @urgetodrive
    @urgetodrive 4 года назад +5

    The steering wheel reminds you of the Caterham because it's a Lotus wheel. Too bad this one doesn't have the amazing propellor steering wheel like mine!

  • @timnoske4705
    @timnoske4705 4 года назад

    Cool forgotten manufacturer. They had a reasonably successful race team as well. I got to tour their factory about a decade ago. it was an industrial area just outside Zeevolde.

  • @Sube-Tube
    @Sube-Tube 4 года назад +4

    I wasnt extremely jealous of Sam before, but now I am

  • @AndrewOnTestingCars
    @AndrewOnTestingCars 4 года назад

    Great video! ;)

  • @Snarge22
    @Snarge22 4 года назад

    Shannon, you're a star!

  • @VeloceVlogs
    @VeloceVlogs 4 года назад +1

    Dutch glory! Special cars! 😬👍🏻

  • @gratefulot360
    @gratefulot360 4 года назад +2

    Driving a really unique car through my old neighborhood. Thanks, Sam!

  • @qrit91
    @qrit91 4 года назад

    Donkervoort & Spyker, Dutch pride 😎👌

  • @thatdutchguy2882
    @thatdutchguy2882 4 года назад +1

    Nice 👍.
    Give the Donkervoort D8 a try too,....it's the other Dutch sports car.

  • @OkeraVieira
    @OkeraVieira 4 года назад +1

    pardon my ignorance sam, but what is that song at the beginning and end of your video?

  • @ariannefokker5235
    @ariannefokker5235 4 года назад +1

    I worked at the company who did the interior of the Spykers 😊 Everything handmade! Love this video :)

  • @DailyDiscountNL
    @DailyDiscountNL 4 года назад +1

    *You nailed the Spyker* 😂

  • @kimi88cz
    @kimi88cz 4 года назад +1

    Love Spyker..wish they came back

  • @MrDouchoid
    @MrDouchoid 4 года назад

    Quite the sound.

  • @eichler721
    @eichler721 4 года назад +2

    It's a beautiful car. Like a Pagani its art. I like it

  • @Jamesduce
    @Jamesduce 4 года назад

    Absolutely love these.

  • @South4153
    @South4153 4 года назад +4

    1:03 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @leohale6449
    @leohale6449 4 года назад +2

    Welcome to my home area! I live north of Seattle in Everett Washington

    • @bussnr1
      @bussnr1 4 года назад

      Leo Hale silvertips👍🏻

  • @elastiekeltjeshaar
    @elastiekeltjeshaar 4 года назад

    Cheers from the Netherlands

  • @magnitudecarfinance
    @magnitudecarfinance 4 года назад

    Did it have the sports exhaust, Sam? Brakes on these are very heavy as they aren't servo-assisted. Amazing fun to drive though, a bit lively in the wet 😅

  • @rodneybetz3886
    @rodneybetz3886 4 года назад +1

    That is a beautiful car.

  • @lefroy1
    @lefroy1 4 года назад +2

    This Spyker is definately the best MGF of all.

  • @LostInSpice
    @LostInSpice 4 года назад +9

    A Spyker is all well and good, but can we talk about that Lancia Scorpion? Yowza!

    • @AndrewJaws
      @AndrewJaws 4 года назад +1

      Check it out on our website. It was also featured on a bring a trailer article

  • @derektion2
    @derektion2 4 года назад +2

    That car is such a beautiful vehicle. I can see why you dropped everything to take the opportunity to drive it.

    • @AndrewJaws
      @AndrewJaws 4 года назад

      And we’re down the street from driver’s club, so it wasn’t too far to trek

  • @coleweinstein94
    @coleweinstein94 4 года назад

    You lucky duck that’s my favorite car!

  • @DoubleDeckerAnton
    @DoubleDeckerAnton 4 года назад

    I love the machined chrome interior...😀👍

  • @nichollpictures
    @nichollpictures 4 года назад

    Love love love those cars.

  • @dust133
    @dust133 4 года назад

    Spyker Spyder. That's cool.

  • @karlvanginderdeuren4009
    @karlvanginderdeuren4009 4 года назад +1

    Every spider owner will try to replace that steering wheel with the propellor blade steering wheel but apparently it takes years to find one.

  • @aviator-kn8zq
    @aviator-kn8zq 4 года назад +1

    Quirky good looking car. You react differently for every meter you walk around the car.

  • @soody69
    @soody69 4 года назад

    Love these cars.

  • @focus550
    @focus550 4 года назад

    That windscreen without the top surround really makes sets off that forward view; as if you have no screen in front of you

  • @lwd1611
    @lwd1611 4 года назад +2

    Cool content keep up the good work

    • @seenthroughglass
      @seenthroughglass  4 года назад

      Thanks!

    • @lwd1611
      @lwd1611 4 года назад

      @@seenthroughglass where can I find out when you coming to the East Coast if you are coming to the East Coast again I'm in the Boston area

  • @Teamshmo
    @Teamshmo 4 года назад +5

    This is one of the coolest cars ever made. It is basically a cheaper Pagani. The quality, detail, and uniqueness is unmatched. The rarity is also really high. I think these cars will become very valuable in the future when people finally realize what they were all about

  • @jjorritt
    @jjorritt 4 года назад +8

    You should see the steeringwheel on a european car. The most beautiful wheel on a car ever.

    • @AndrewJaws
      @AndrewJaws 4 года назад +2

      Working on getting one!

  • @xhamster0690
    @xhamster0690 4 года назад

    Haha yesterday i see for the first time this car in reallife haha 👌 greeting from 🇳🇱

  • @shiznuts
    @shiznuts 4 года назад

    It's Dutch!
    Of course it's different and you like it! :D

  • @stefotten9222
    @stefotten9222 4 года назад

    Owner seems like a great guy

  • @adamhamilton8242
    @adamhamilton8242 Год назад

    Beautiful car. One of my favourites. My only concern would be driving during sunrise/sunset. Has anyone tried it? 😂

  • @kavs911
    @kavs911 4 года назад

    Always liked the Spyker C8, agree Sam (hello BTW) a great bespoke supercar! -Kav.