Dutch Fury: Meet The Makers Of Holland's Most Extreme Cars - Carfection

they need to make a ariel nomad competitor, add some offroad shocks to it:DD

These guys are so desperate to shed their obvious association with Lotus, and while simultaneously displaying this brash, "take on the world" attitude reeks of denial, big time...... Literally nothing more than a tuner shop like the hundreds, if not thousands out there throughout the globe, a slightly watered down, and more traditional/conventional company like Koenigsegg. Nothing to see here.

Pity it stems originally from simply copying the Lotus 7 from Colin Chapman.

You speak Dutch!! Do you have family in the Netherlands? What a lovely video as well, great story and very well told.

10 years ago I was lucky enough to be able to afford a brand new D8RS. It had 270 HP and was close to 100K Euro.
My mother said that, for the same money, I should have better bought a 911.... In fact a car I owned before. I was bored from Porsche becoming more and more perfect which let my enthusiasm for it as a weekend toy deteriorate a lot. The “Donky” brought back my love for pure drivers cars and started my interest in very lightweight ones.... As a car nerd I must say you for sure have to drive one once in your life. For sure very different from Caterham either. Great stuff anyhow✅👏✅ And just a quick one regarding the horsepower discussion in the comments below: close to 300 HP with below 700 kg felt and still feels to me as a sweet spot. You clearly need to know what you’re doing... Crazy V8 engines do for sure not fit this great concept.

very nice video!
But whyyyy didint u just got us some sound clips with the all greatest 5Cyl....?! :(

Netherlands: If there's a problem let's fix it America: If we can make a profit, fuck everyone

OMG that D8 RS is SEXY!!!

Lol hij spreekt Nederland

I'm dutch, but never heard that saying in my life.

I only found out about these cars last weekend and this video was really interesting seeing i was wondering if these cars where really fast and nordschleife record lapping car i kinda want to drive one to set my own kinda laps where in the Netherlands is the factory?

Awesome :D I understand people wanting the open cars, but I personally would prefer the closed top... probably a bit more useful for year round use :)

The dutch dont use that saying. Idiot

Should've had vtec.

Must be nice! How did he get funding for this? Inheritence?

That RS though😱😍

Brilliant film !

Haven't heard before of the Donkervoort actually.... and i'm Dutch...

Deze gozer is zelf nederlands

they made the donkerfort in tienhoven my village!

Hello from the Netherlands 👋👋🇾🇪🇾🇪

Junk car, Dutch people should only grow tulips, because that's the only thing they can

What a great film. Very interesting. Well done!

So thankful for this respectful tale of the Donkervoort. Really good, boys!

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as a dutch person i knew they existed but never knew the details. Great video!

What is this extreme car in Holland? I don't know of any Dutch car manufacturers in Holland.

Be interesting to see an electric one

Are you partly Dutch by any chance? Since you said ‘zal ik zeker doen’ I couldn’t help but notice a slight Dutch accent

They're all really ugly though.

Dude literally has two watches on.

Its a copy of Caterham !!

Great video guys thanks!

Very impressive that they've managed to produce so many models and never once employed a designer...
;)

Holland does not exist, the name is The Netherlands.

That D8Gt with the closed cabin is like driving a Messerchmitt!

Handmade cars such as donkervoorts are the real-petrol heads' dream. Ferrari/porsche and Co are for football players and Rockstars

Not as extreme as the DAF turbotwin X1

I like the bright blue one from 3.10. I have a Robin Hood Exmo. So it is like the white series one. The bright blue car looks really good. It has a modern twist but not too much..

I just got an education :-O

I want one!

Zo'n autootje is leuk als je in een land woont waar je geen last hebt van wild dat oversteekt. Hier in centraal Oosteuropa heb je daar wel last van. Een tijdje geleden zag ik nog een hert (met gewei) in een weiland liggen. Het had nog enkele tientallen meters dat weiland in kunnen strompelen. Ik heb zelf ook wel eens hindes voor de auto gehad die ik kon ontwijken. Dat was overdag. Hard rijden is uit den boze. Ook wel eens dode dassen gezien op de weg.

Not BHP Real horsepower not the Murican idiot version

There is one of these for sale in New Zealand. It is a 1986 Donkervoort Lotus Seven Series 3 kit exported from Holland to NZ by a Donkervoort suspension engineer by the name of Edgar Salwegter. He took two years for him to fully build the kitset in NZ to a licenced road status. The tubular spaceframe chassis was fabricated by Peter Bruin, a professional D-type Jaguar replica constructor. It was thus first registered for road use during 1988. It may be seen on internet search of 'Car Jam' using the registration 'SUPER6' to locate it.
It is finished in white with black trim, on Minilites. It was built with Toyota Celica 5 speed and Ford Capri differential running gear, integrating an Australian Holden GM dry-sumped 3049cc seven main bearing forged steel crankshaft triple side-draught straight six race engine! The 'Car Jam' image says everything..! 3049cc of balanced and blueprinted 7,000rpm race engine mounted in an aluminium all up 690 kilogram spaceframe race package is..M I N D~B L O W I N G~! !