Spyker was a Dutch car manufacturer, started in 1880 by coachbuilders Jacobus and Hendrik-Jan Spijker, but to be able to market the brand better in foreign countries, in 1903 the ij was changed into y. They were originally based in Hilversum but in 1898 moved to Trompenburg, Amsterdam. In 1898 Spyker manufactured the Golden Carriage, still in use by the Dutch Queen today.