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

Wait, you speak Dutch? I could have sworn I heard you say ‘dat zal ik zeker doen’!

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.

The thing that I always find impressive is the legacy in the automotive world that Lotus has created. There are so many aspects and attitudes to motoring that wouldn't exist without them.

can’t believe you guys missed out some track footage from the burbly 5 cylinder model 😩 seriously...

Great to see that Donkervoort is still going. Makes me feel a bit proud as a Dutchman. 🇳🇱

I wanted to hear that 5 cylinder car at the end there. A bit disappointing.

Thank you for the amazing coverage! I love the creations that have come from Donkervoort.

Those cars look like so much fun, let me grab my flying goggles and helmet.

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

Why does the presenter wear two watches in all his videos?

6:20 “the sort of engines you just don’t get these days?” Seriously?! How many 2.0L 4 banger turbos are on the open market now a days? At least 20!

Gotta love those crazy Dutch guys!

Nice Video! - The latest generation Donkervort are super and unique - does not look like anything else on the market.

Hello from the Netherlands 👋👋🇾🇪🇾🇪

I am dutch and this car is on my top 5 dream car list.

Yesterday when I was driving to work around 11:15 AM I saw like 12 Donkervoorts. I think they had a cruise going. Luckily me living in the same city as Donkervoort, I see them alot doing tests on public roads. 10 years ago I did a interview + tour for a schoolproject at Donkervoort, that was an amazing day. Hopefully 1 day I get to drive one myself.

First time i'm really proud to be Dutch😂

Go Donkervoort! Epic cars! Were you speaking Dutch to mr Donkervoort?

This was really well done. Top job guys!

Love the cars seen shmee drive one. Unlike yesterday's Rolls-Royce suv which i didn't care about at all

As much as I love Caterhams, Donkervoort has shown them a clean pair of heels😊👍

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

too bad they didnt do a small review of the d8 gto rs, just to see what they thought of the development of donkervoort, ow well, great video carfection, top job once again xD

Holland does not exist, the name is The Netherlands.

Damn, I actually prefer the looks of this compared to a Caterham SV chassis. Also, hooray for more somewhat obscure car content!

Very nice but too expensive. You could buy two Ariel Atoms for that price...

een tijd terug hadden we ook nog Spyker. gelukkig leeft Donkervoort voort. zeker iets om trots op te zijn als Nederlander :)

nice video but I have a question. Why does this guy wear two watches?

I had a dream this very morning about Henry driving one. Super Complicated footwell - Brake split in 2 - one for normal braking one for heel and toe. Plus some other Top mounted numbers?

Great video! I've been in love with Donkervoort cars for as long as I can remember... exactly my kind of lightweight fun machines. I'm not as keen on the track monsters as I am on the cruisers with less than 200 bhp though, but it's great to see them cross into the supercar territory as well

Again two watches?

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~! !

Great interesting item thanks

Great show! I am so glad y'all are still hard at it, and much respect to Donkervoort

the best from holland, drew you are dutch right !?

A proper review ,thoroughly enjoyable 👏

Echt fantastisch! Ik woon in Zeewolde vlakbij de fabriek dus ik zie ze elke dag! :)

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..

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

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

BTW is there any chance you could ask your colleague to stop using the word "chuffing"`?

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

266 Dutch likes

I'm sorry, but Harry's Garage is the biz! You guys prob even agree.

thank dude! i had no idea this brand existed!

11:42 these taillights look familiar.. sure that they disconnected from lotus?

Carfection, what is the average price per litre for petrol/gasoline in The Netherlands?

Nice to see some content of a great little car manufacturer!

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

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

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.

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

Lol hij spreekt Nederland

never knew the netherlands still made cars after spyker closed

*insert rain*

Although I have a soft spot for both, Donkervoort have really shown Spyker how to survive as a credible Dutch sportscar manufacturer. Donkervoort has always focussed on building lightweight, agile sportscars and continuously made improvements to their design from an engineer's point of view. Basically like Porsche does with their 911. They race their cars, have a strong connection to the owners and stick to what they're good at.

Kind of similar story a bit more south in Belgium with Gillet Vertigo, even more extreme, a shame no one made a good review about their cars. They even held the world record 0-100 km/h for a while. A head to head of the latest Donkervoort to the Gillet would be super to watch!

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?

I always thought that I could find a few Dutch accents in your English. I thought you're South African. But it seems like you speak Dutch. 🇳🇱 Nice content btw.

Donkervoort styling is a victory for function over aesthetics. Even if dressed in Victoria's Secret lingerie, serious potential buyers, despite five Martinis, shaken, not stirred, would baulk at its ugliness.

they should make an updated S7 - that would sell well.

they made the donkerfort in tienhoven my village!

If US regulations weren't so strict, I'd love to see a Donkervoort here in the States. They'd be a real head turner.

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 D8 GTO vs a Caterham 620 would be interesting.

Not as extreme as the DAF turbotwin X1

I'd probably have more fun in a slower Caterham model. These things are too much for most roads, haha.

Should have mentioned they are all manuals. Those Numbers become significantly more impressive keeping that in mind.

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

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

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

Dude literally has two watches on.

are you irish or canadian? asking for a friend

Great video guys thanks!

Be interesting to see an electric one

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

I love these cars and have even seen a few but of course im dutch but i have only seen 2 or 3 in my life but it’s pretty rare

Really cool company, definitely enjoyed learning more about them

Donkervoort, making Spyker look like a bunch of rich-kid wallies.

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

I just got an education :-O

that green D8 Ztec is gorgeous 5:00

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OMG that D8 RS is SEXY!!!

Somehow the roads around the factory have a lot of elevens on them.

Its a copy of Caterham !!

What a great film. Very interesting. Well done!

The Netherlands ≠ Holland

Reminds me of the IFR which has a marble of a drivetrain.

wow you can buy a radical rxc and still have 30k change from one of these, or 3 caterham 620s. seems like a way too expensive car

Spyker up next? Please

Something so meaty about the word Donkervoort

Should've had vtec.

What track is that? Can I drive there?

Where do you come from?

I love it.

Didn’t know Donkervoort used Audi engines, always just assumed they were a more luxurious offshoot of Caterham and didn’t look into it any further. The 1.8T is capable of a heck of a lot if Audi had ever mounted it correctly into a chassis that didn’t weigh as much as a train of mules. Pretty interesting film though! Thanks for the continuous awesome content!!

Does it runs on milk

5:39 silly hair shots lol