Donkervoort
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At just 1,650 pounds, the Donkervoort F22 rockets from 0-60 mph in just 2.5 seconds.
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Donkervoort finally brings its wild track cars to USDonkervoort has been in operation since 1978 but is only now entering the U.S. market. The Dutch company has signed Bespoke Imports Group as its distributor on these shores and has confirmed the D8 GTO Individual Series as the first locally available model. It's priced from $240,000 and the first...
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Donkervoort D8 GTO Individual Series is final road version of bonkers sports car
Donkervoort has upped the horsepower for the final road-going version of its D8 GTO sports car.
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Wild Donkervoort D8 GTO JD70 gets track-only R version
Donkervoort's new track-only D8 GTO JD70 R will pull up to 2.25 g of lateral acceleration in the corners.
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Donkervoort D8 GTO JD70 delivers 415 horsepower, 2 g lateral acceleration
Donkervoort's track-focused D8 GTO JD70 will pull 2 g of lateral acceleration in corners, and that's with street-legal tires.
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Due to popular demand, Donkervoort builds more D8 GTO-RS sports cars
Donkevoort in May unveiled the D8 GTO-RS, a wider, more focused version of its D8 GTO sports car on sale since 2011. Donkevoort planned to build just 40 examples of the D8 GTO-RS but it proved so popular that the Dutch firm has announced some additional examples. They will be special edition...
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Donkevoort isn't a household name—unless you keep up with Nürburgring records, in which case you probably know that the company's dedicated sports car held the fastest times for a street-legal car around the challenging Nordschleife in 2004 and 2006. Aimed at taking back that record, the company's new D8 GTO-RS is slightly larger but benefits from a decade's worth of engineering and design work. The D8 GTO-RS utilizes a turbocharged 2.5-liter 5-cylinder sourced from Audi, the same unit that powers the previous-generation TT RS. Donkevoort teamed up with Bosch to tune the powertrain...
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Donkervoort Goes Commando With Its Latest D8 GTO: Video
Donkervoort builds insane machines that are clearly designed to find the great roads of this planet, conquer them, and then take on the rest of the galaxy. Once their mission here is complete, we look forward to hearing of their tales of universal conquest. Until that time comes, they still have...
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Donkervoort D8 GTO Bilster Berg Edition Revealed
Dutch sports car brand Donkervoort is back with a new version of its D8 GTO. The new version is named after the Bilster Berg race track in Germany and celebrates the establishment of Donkervoort’s new German arm located at the track itself. ALSO SEE: Jay Leno Encounter The Boys In Blue In The...
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Donkervoort D8 GTO makes debut
Almost exactly a year ago Dutch firm Donkervoort Automobielen released a teaser for its D8 GTO, a hotter and more powerful version of the firm's existing D8 GT track car. Now, finally, Donkervoort has taken the wraps off the completed D8 GTO, bringing to a conclusion more than two and a half years...
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Donkervoort D8 GTO Teased
The long stretch of December holidays is often a slow time in the automotive world as manufacturers take extended breaks and the auto show season lulls post-Los Angeles and pre-Detroit. In Europe, however, they like to keep things moving despite the slowdown--or at least the Dutch at Donkervoort...
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Donkervoort D8 GT Enters Production
Donkervoort has been building a range of cars loosely based on the Lotus Seven chassis for the past three decades, starting with the Ford-powered S7 back in 1978 and culminating with the new Audi-powered D8 GT. The coupe was first displayed as a concept at last year’s Geneva Motor Show and...
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Despite the funny name, Dutch company Donkervoort has been building some pretty serious sports cars, and their latest model is just about to be revealed. They’ve been working on a fixed-roof version of the D8 roadster by adding a carbon fiber roof and wing mirrors. The D8 also has a roll-cage, and the GT version will be only 20 kilograms heavier than the roadster. It’s powered by an Audi turbocharged 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine that develops between 180 and 270 horsepower. Only 50 will be built per year, ensuring exclusivity. The new D8 coupe will be formally shown at the 2007...
