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Spyker60HP
Production1902–1903
Recorded originNetherlands
ClassAutomobile
Also known asSpyker 60 HP
Background
The 1903 Spyker 60 HP race car, is the world's first petrol-fuelled four-wheel drive car. Known as "the car of three firsts", it was also the world's first car with a six-cylinder engine, and the first car with a four-wheel braking system,. Built in 1902–1903, the car with a top speed between 130 km/h and 145 km/h was manufactured by the Dutch carriage and automobile maker Spyker, started in 1880 by blacksmiths Jacobus and Hendrik-Jan Spijker.
Text adapted from “Spyker 60 HP” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
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