I fixed the IMPOSSIBLE Spyker... (they hired me on the spot!)

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Vinny Russo talks about the early days of working for Spyker.
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#VINwiki #Spyker #CarJobs

[@spykerenthusiast4602]

Super cool to see Spyker is getting more and more appreciated. And Vinny.. thanks for the great insight into Spyker history

[@mangotail6808]

I always loved Skyker. I always I always found it as a ,,small Pagani,, because it is a piece of art😊

[@jamesbizs]

@AlexanderHenry-hz3tdgo. To. Hell.

[@jamesbizs]

⁠@@mangotail6808yes lol you love “Skyker” SOOO much

[@iunnox666]

They're goofy gimmicky cars. It's almost like an XK that Pimp Your Ride got a hold of. "Yo dawg, I heard you like planes!"

[@carwerks101]

I’ll never forget when I worked for Audi someone brought a spiker in because we had the lowest alignment machine, I performed the alignment and got to drive it, I still have pictures somewhere, mine was black with a supercharged Audi 4.2 . Def a neat experience since this was early on in my career and I thought cars were cool 😂

[@chris31795]

That's honestly super dope dude. I've always been absolutely fascinated with Spykers, they're honestly more works of art than a car. Like a Pagani.

[@VJR021]

083 - Mr. Reed's car...

[@jameswalters4358]

Junk.

[@josephfranzen9196]

@AlexanderHenry-hz3tdWell this conversation escalated quickly 😂

[@borismcfinnigan3430]

​@@VJR021stfu nobody cares..

[@extra-dry]

Still think he could "double" for Mark Walberg

[@timkinley1779]

Mark isn't still living in 2002 with the backwards hat.

[@classybogan-n4b]

Mark Walmartberg

[@BobbinMcferry]

Double the nose

[@sixhunt]

wish wahlberg

[@Stigman11]

Almost the same voice also

[@davewhite1652]

I'm soooooo glad to see so many of you make comments about the backwards ball cap...no doubt being envious, at the same time, of his success in a career that has brought him nothing but joy. You would have just stood there scratching your balls while trying to figure out how to get it started while criticizing the company for not labelling everything like a Camry. I'm 60 and can still be seen on occasion flipping mine around and knowing that's all you would see, is pure joy to me. I hadn't even noticed his grave error until I started reading the comments.

[@spaulagain]

Got to drive one back in 2008, was a blast and that interior was a delight to sit in. The V8 sounded so confident.

[@KartiacKID]

I remember 1st seeing that car and instantly falling in love with the mechanically functioning artwork and design

[@elizaevans2345]

​@AlexanderHenry-hz3tdplease shut up

[@TheLincolnRanch]

In the late 70's I lived only a few hundred feet from the Spyker factory/assembly plant in Amsterdam At that time it was just a regular paint and body shop with a used car sales outside...My father worked in one of the buildings as a car body guy, I remember him telling me that during the war years it was also a Fokker aircraft plant as well, Then in 1979 the paint and body shop closed down and the building was left abandoned..as we teenage boys do...we sneaked inside the buildings looking around...I got up in the attic of the office building and found boxes and boxes of Spyker promotional photos from the 1920's and maybe 30's...the photos were even taken on the street I lived on ( Eerst Helmerstraat, Amsterdam ) as it had a nice playground with a wide background....i kept a few of the photos and then moved to New Zealand where i met a friend who was a Spyker family member and gave him the photos ( Robert Spyker in Christchurch) He is Animal Vet...Fun memories. PS. I was last back in Amsterdam in 2013..the buildings have all been demolished and its now just housing...If anyone would like the address feel free to ask.

[@AllieLovesLuxury]

Looks like Ed is planning to sell his Spyker. Driving the price up as Tyler and Freddy would say.

[@rubeclayton8233]

I Think I Will Remain A Infidel..

[@robc1014]

@AlexanderHenry-hz3tdno.

[@jhonnyboy7946]

​@AlexanderHenry-hz3tdhell no

[@jimmyneutron5679]

@AlexanderHenry-hz3td This is about cars, this is not needed

[@gabrielg8826]

​@AlexanderHenry-hz3td no thanks, I'm not into religions where they marry 10 year old girls.

[@lgnaeternum5072]

I love that Vinny Russo description says: "Has had every dream job in the car industry", man's a legend 😮

[@EdBolian]

I love my Spyker. Such a satisfying car to own and drive!

[@charlesbenecke2678]

Fell in love with this car the first time I saw it on Top Gear years ago.. Still remains my favorite car of all time..

[@joshuarisker5525]

Don't lie ed we know you only like it cause you smell the bottom of the seat seeing if you can smell missy Elliotts kitty cat 😂😂😂 I think it was Missy anyway

[@radicalrick9587]

*I love my Spyker as well, which is why I hate it when I have to wake up.*

[@rustler08]

It has zero presence, though. You see one at a car show and no one even looks twice at it, even though there are few cars that exist that can rival the attention to detail and beautiful interior

[@AdminAbuse]

@@joshuarisker5525 bruh

[@TheCannonball79]

It’s amazing how sometimes things just fall into place. Great story and history lesson.

[@Cartier2Shiesty]

@AlexanderHenry-hz3tdChristianity is key 😂

[@timkinley1779]

'Amazing' has absolutely lost it's meaning.

[@jamesbizs]

@@Cartier2Shiesty you both believe in the same god lol shut up.

[@traxnada]

Had no idea Mark Walberg had such career!

[@moe8024]

I was thinking the same thing lol

[@joshua.snyder]

He is more like Mahk from Zebra Corner...

[@wicusdupreez6950]

Mork Wheelberg as ordered on Wish

[@edwincolon7782]

I remember thinking 'this car is artwork' when I saw it (Cnc machined prop /wagon wheels/ that shift linkage, and knew it would be short lived. Impossible craftsmanship when I saw it at the NY auto show. A car definitely ahead of it's time. Rip Spyker.

[@MEchanicAL_LSTAR]

When I worked for a Porsche race team at LeMans, one of our guys had a relationship with the Spyker guys and got to poke around a bit with their race cars. Awesome group of guys and such a shame it just didn’t perform and work out.

[@gionoor3304]

Proud to be a Dutch VinWiki fan!😊

[@JDYTC]

Thanks to Victor Muller, the modern Spyker is not much to be proud of. However, the original that existed from 1880-1926 is.

[@pistonburner6448]

@@JDYTC Very true.

[@AMSillje]

Ha, ik ook😎

[@m4ik3l033]

Het zelfde 💪🏻

[@megabakfiets]

Cringe

[@pistonburner6448]

No wonder Spiker was a short-lived company: they had to hire people who could just start their cars by chance.

[@Awsomeisimo]

They are still around (Lying)

[@MelodyOo]

they are still going what short-lived?

[@MisterBewst]

Knowing what systems are in the car and how they work isn’t exactly by chance

[@MyILoveMinecraft]

Intergalactic Binbrain has a good video on the companies history (and on some of the terrible financial decisions)

[@pistonburner6448]

@@MelodyOo I wouldn't call lying in a hospital bed as a vegetable, racking up massive hospital bills, not really counting as a true and functioning representative of your kind...being "alive". First of all Spyker has never managed to get to the level of anywhere near sustainable status, being in perpetual near-bankruptcy condition. And then it had in fact gone bankrupt in 2021. The only reason it hadn't done so sooner is not because it's a viable, actually functioning business that has managed to sell cars, but because it was owned by larger entities which kept it basically just 'on the books'...nearly dormant. Then as the larger company which owned Spyker was itself going bankrupt they had to sell Spyker, at which point there was only Spyker itself, so naturally it very soon after went bankrupt. "In 2020 Spyker announced a return to building cars after being backed by Russian investors" Does that sound legit and healthy to you? Do you honestly suggest they're designing, manufacturing and selling cars, taking care of after-sales? No, it'll be around as a trophy and a money-laundering tool for some oligarch for a few years, then it'll go bankrupt or will be sold to someone else for the same purpose.

[@torrickhan9965]

Oh my word, you can feel the passion that Vinny experiences when he talks about the Spyker, its all love and emotions. We lack manufacturers and tradesmen that still hold passion (with profitability) over purely mass production .

[@AeroGuy07]

When Spyker bought Saab the owner of Just Saab in Cincinnati went out and bought a C8. I got to ride in it, but i wasn't able to talk my way into drive. But I spent most of the time in the passenger seat marveling at the craftsmanship in the interior. It was artful. Then you get out and see exposed stainless steel sheet metal screws on the front splitter/air dam. I thought thst was an interesting contrast.

[@SPLICER21PS3]

Side note, the picture of the steering wheel is not the one he was talking about. Early cars had these gorgeous propeller-themed wheels with no airbags, definitely worth Googling. Absolute works of art.

[@BrooksMoses]

Ah, indeed. One of those is shown at 4:10 in the video (no Googling needed!), and I see what he meant about "completely unsafe" a lot more!

[@chriskelvin248]

Great tale! Your skills and knowledge came into play at just the perfect point in time. I felt privileged to sit in a D8 and C8 at the NYIAS in the early 2000’s. My buddy was a friend of Rona from Manhattan Motorcars. When we arrived at their exhibit in the lobby of the Javitz Center, we were let in beyond the velvet ropes to the surprised looks of the other onlookers! Those exposed shifter mechanisms…the stuff of dreams!

[@kylen.1753]

This might be the first video where I've seen a Spyker actually running ❤

[@Mr.Schitzengigglez]

That start sequence is the sort of stuff valets have nightmares about.

[@JPspinFPV]

I saw a silver Spyker at the Seattle auto show early on in production. It really is a very special car. The level of detail was second to none.

[@mrpurple2306]

Spijker, the pearl of the Dutch Automotive history, next to DAF and Donkervoort ;)

[@thegooddoctor6719]

This has to be one of the best VINwiki story presentations that I have seen on this channel....... Very Cool ..... Very Cool indeed.............

[@EddieIrvine106]

Spyker is what TVR should have been (appart from the whole going bust thing)

[@Transformyourmind1]

It's Mark Walburg!🤣

[@falkenlaser]

Years ago I would once in awhile go to Park Place Motors in Bellevue, WA, which is an Aston Martin and Spyker dealer, and they had a Spyker on the showroom floor when I went in 2008 and 2010. They said they only make 80 a year for the whole world, and you have a better chance of seeing a Veyron in the wild than a Spyker. Speaking of Park Place Motors, right across the street is the Lamborghini/Bentley/Rolls-Royce dealer, and down the street is Definitive Audio, which sells pairs of speakers that cost as much as a supercar. But in between the car dealers and the audio store, there’s also Ross, McDonalds, Car Toys, and further down the street is Good Will and Fred Meyer. NE 20th Avenue in Bellevue is the weirdest mix of ultra-high end and low end businesses.

[@Hotpack7279]

A Spyker is a Boutique Car from in and Out. Ive once seen one in Real Life and the attention to the even smallest Detail is Mindboggling. Acceleration and fast is a thing everbody can achieve but that kind of Craftsmanship in Watchmaker finesse is never seen again.

[@KaneGruber]

Love the Spyker. Almost nobody knows about it, but it’s one of my dream cars.

[@cannednolan8194]

Dealer operations manger means the guy who helped us get sales in the states because he got our car running to help show it off.

[@NYHeeb]

Always loved the Spyker. The details and craftsmanship is unlike anything else

[@amgguy4319]

I drove a pearl orange one on the Monaco Grand Prix course before the race started and stayed with them up at Eze. An amazing car and even more incredible experience.

[@paul5683]

I think I saw this same purple Spyker in Milwaukee at the old international auto shop on brown degrees road. These guys had lots of high end cars. I remember the Spyker sitting parked outside in front of the dealership with the top down and all that purple leather, the machine turned dashboard, the propeller steering wheel and the exposed linkage shifter. It certainly did strike me as being unusual, my interest in exotic cars was just beginning and I really didn't know what I was even looking at other than the obvious Spyker script on the front. That thing was seriously glowing in the sunshine. 😊

[@fishhuntadventure]

@paul5683 …engine turned…

[@noonehere1793]

I remember my first Spyker, i saw it at Ferrari los gatos…..it was not all that comfortable …i didn’t buy it but i did love the badge! The steering wheel, however, looked like it belonged on a century power boat at lake Tahoe.

[@cpt_nordbart]

"we got Rona... Our retail specialist..." Oh that type of Rona.

[@BearMeat4Dinner]

Clifford alarms make me cry! Reminds me of Motortrend Magazine! And my Dad! He was a car salesman for over 30 years. Miss n love you dad!!!

[@deadmansfire]

Such a cool story, one of the best of the year so far!

[@m.cigledy6769]

The tan interior with the airplane propeller at 4:08 is AMAZING.

[@renypayne11]

I want to hear a story about the spyker suv. It seems like it would have been ahead of its time

[@PlatinumNath]

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[@335bye4]

This was an amazing car. I was lucky enough to actually see this exact car in person at Scottsdale Lamborghini.

[@335bye4]

@AlexanderHenry-hz3td There is only one. He's name is Jesus.

[@jameslucas3161]

Ed's clearly looking to sell his Spyker in the not-too-distant future... It never ceases to amaze me how just one guy can use the internet so effectively to finesse the general populace and artificially drive the price of his cars up!

[@BPF80MCar-vi1pg]

It's great .can't hate on the ingenuity

[@OriginalMomo]

Immobilizer systems suck, but when you stack 2 of them?!? Great job man.

[@wrenchinwithgrandpa4586]

Wow! What a beautiful piece of automotive art!

[@bicyclist2]

I love all Spykers. Great story. Thank you.

[@VINwiki]

What do you think of Spyker?

[@charlie1832]

They’re awesome cars

[@charlie1832]

Works of art

[@jasonstinson1767]

They look like engineering car guys designed the mechanical systems without working with electrical engineering guys.

[@jordanp1859]

I love mine! What a piece of art and an exquisite drive. Everyone who approaches me has no idea what it is and asks about it.

[@andycapo9you]

If I had the money, I'd buy one, even without the engine, just to sit inside for hours and apreciate it

[@WeAreCurated]

Great story Vinny

[@MidwestMotor]

Great story! What timing and odds, etc! Would love for a "happen-stance," like this to happen for me.

[@Ticklestein]

Spyker. My country’s most recent significant contribution to motoring. ❤️🇳🇱

[@hanstubben]

Just because of the shifter I want one! A lot of quirks and features, but all in a good way.

[@ChilledSon]

OMG! Exposed shifter linkage is just too cool 🤯😍😍

[@muschipups4017]

I did know Mark Wahlberg was a Spyker aficionado?!

[@paulfletcher3998]

Spyker are such beautiful cars. A work of art.

[@iunnox666]

XKs look much better, too bad Spyker just had to add all those goofy plane elements to it.

[@TimHunold]

Yo Vinny! I remember ypu doing the ride and drives around Beverly Hills in the Spyker. Had to be around 06, the era of VODcars when I hosted videos for all the car guys before YT took off.

[@ew1743]

Wonderful story; brilliant!

[@MrStbigelow]

This guy tells stories like Ed. You can hear the love he has for the cars. Some people talk about them as possessions. This guy and Ed talk about them as experiences. They each love the cars they drive and that's the biggest reason Ed doesn't like some cars like his RUF n such, just didn't love the experience he got as much as others.

[@jmoney7289]

Listen to the ruf pka story

[@JDYTC]

Unfortunately Victor Muller was such a powerful charlatan that he made inventor and designer of the modern Spyker cars leave the company and run it into the ground (“modern” because Spyker is a really old car brand that existed from 1880 until 1926) 😢

[@jeffreyoldham55]

Been awhile since I've heard of Clifford. The system I owned had the annoying habit of locking me out of the car with the keys in the ignition. I always had to carry a spare key.

[@jblack5323]

The alarms sucked, but the company must have made a ton of money in the 90’s as every sporty car was retro fitted with them. That stupid fucking anti lock, and the alarm used to go off sporadically. I’ve dismantled cars with them fitted and it’s just scotchlocks, alarm boxes screwed into bulkheads and foam removed from the carpets. Pre internet was good for company’s just bodging things and they could get away with it lol

[@scottimusgarrett15]

Very cool story. Thanks, Vinny!

[@IanB22]

more Vinny! Amazing story

[@everythingtrendingworldwide]

Pagani before Pagani 😂

[@automotiveaffairsshorts]

I met Vinny on a few occasions… even went on a test drive with him in a Spyker, although, he wasn’t thrilled to let me get behind the wheel, lol 😆

[@Gee_Jay]

Oh, and Spyker were Founded in 1880, by two Blacksmith Brothers, first Making High-End Carriages - Including Prominent Carriages of the Netherlands' House of Royals..

[@panaceiasuberes6464]

Mark Wallberg is part of Spyker's history? Who knew?

[@simonmenzies3142]

This was the best car to appear on topgear. Soooo beautiful.

[@proffitt72]

I Love the Spiker. I have always been more into prrewar cars, and in my opinion the Spyker is the best rolling piece of modern arr there is. I may never own one, but I appreciate them and admire them greatly.

[@TheWisdom3]

Maybe you will.. 🙏🏼💪🏼✌🏼

[@ShoeF1end]

The spyker was always my dream convertible car since I was a kid(right up there with the f50 and f430) and as of a couple years ago that dream was looking obtainable. Unfortunately for me these last couple of years people are finally seeing this car for what is is and prices have sky rocketed 😢

[@andrewcramer8279]

By far the best interior of any car I've seen!

[@Kowalskithegreat]

I have pictures of that exact car at the philly auto show in like 2014

[@Scoupe400]

Reminds of a Jag/Maserati front, with an Alfa 8C rear. Beautiful. Love the story tho. More pls.

[@tractioncontroloff9796]

I used to see one in St Pete Florida once in awhile

15 years ago I saw one in-person park on the street of Monaco with other cars… looked like an alien ship.

[@gary5481]

What an amazing collection. That TD1 Yamaha is very rare & worth a fortune.

[@BitcoinKal]

Spyker was chosen for the film War Rogue Asassin with Jet Li and Jason Statham as lead actors. In the movie Jet Li's character (Rogue) drives a Spyker C8 Spyder.

[@shaunjoseph1530]

Beautiful! Stunning car!

[@importslunglowful]

That guy looks like an UnMuscular John Cena

[@timcam8713]

Stunning cars, I had the great pleasure to be shown around one by a very generous owner in the UK.

[@y2kazan868]

Nate Diaz talking about Cars yo, hit it Edwardo!

[@mws3779]

The Cord 812 "coffin nose" is one of the most beautiful car ever made. To me the Spyker is in the same class. It is a beautiful car.

[@InssiAjaton]

Fantastic!!! I have a photo of maybe a Grand Daddy of what you describe. It was taken in 1912 or 1913, when one Spyker visited my Great Grandparents' brand new home, built after the original home burnt down in 1911. There is no firm date for the visit, but the new building appears to be still without some finishing touches. What a coincidence to see this story...

[@gdubya83]

Anything tenacious sends east way, is what's printed on the exhaust tips

[@randomtuner8786]

No it says “for the tenacious, no road is impassable”

[@gdubya83]

​@@randomtuner8786of course i googled the translation. Thanks for the correction. You should see the airbnb translation from my host/property owner. From mandarin to english it is hawkward engrish. Good host but confusing communication

[@joshdobson2737]

Wish I still had all the dupont registry, mad/cracked magazines from my childhood collection 85/94ish price and pictures.......heh!

[@nbrouse388]

We have mark wahlberg at home Mark wahlberg at home :

[@davidben8426]

This was my dream car when I was a little kid, I saw one at a show (can't remember) here at the Netherlands. Tho can't afford one, still love them 🙂

[@Smokkedandslammed]

"Mom, I want some Pagani!" "We have Pagani at home." Pagani at home:

[@ESmyth-nu7ug]

One of my favourite videos you guys have done. I like this dude

[@Joe___R]

It is a real shame that they are not still making those beautiful tributes to the car gods.

[@adschrijver]

the spyker C8 Aileron is currently in production and can be orderd now!

[@Poatan.chama.]

There is a guy in The Netherlands who still builds them brand new

[@Moonen100]

Automotive art

[@vincentwitjes5106]

maarten de bruijn has build a car that looks like spyker but without victor see it as a modern tribute to something that wont come back

[@EarlPickle]

Gotta love the parts bin cars that have all manufacturers parts. 😂

[@Mr20564]

Clifford alarm, I had suicide, doors handles, and the alarm will pop the doors open 🔥 90’s

[@dutchy213]

5:43 🤣🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿💪🏾💯💯

[@garymcaleer6112]

A true sculpture on wheels.

[@dominickdolio2414]

Definitely the most beautiful vehicle amongst the 21st century.

[@964cuplove]

I saw one up close I think it was at the IAA in Frankfurt, extremely well finished, but looked just a bit over the tooth me. All the metal and leather stuff was too much fancy luxury for my taste (simple 993 driver at the time)

[@SKBSKBSKBSKBSK]

Most gorgeous sports car ever produced.

[@jdmjesus6103]

'Man starts car', there, fixed the title for you.

[@sladeb6036]

Does this episode seem really quiet to anyone else?

[@FannieLaGreca]

Nice to hear your story. Very nice car. Too bad it did not last. Such class.

[@adschrijver]

the spyker C8 Aileron is currently in production and can be orderd now!

[@alt5494]

Hopefully the new cars are incredible.