Joop Donkervoort

Joop Donkervoort
Born (1949-08-22) 22 August 1949 (age 75)
NationalityDutch
Known forDonkervoort (Founder)
SpouseMarianne Donkervoort
Children

Joop A. Donkervoort (born 22 August 1949) is a Dutch businessman and founder of Donkervoort car manufacturer of Netherlands.[1][2][3][4][5]

Education

Joop Donkervoort originally wanted to go to the Art Academy, but under pressure from his father, director of a technical company that made manometers, among other things, he started studying Mechanical Engineering at the MTS in Rotterdam. After that he studied at the Institute for the Car Trade and did an internship in France at DAF for some time.

Career

In the Netherlands, he worked for a while at seat belt manufacturer Dynasafe. He also worked at Renault as a service inspector. In his spare time he liked to work on improving the Lotus Seven. After some time he bought the importer of the Lotus Seven, but that turned out to be a bad buy, because the Lotus Seven did not yet have a type approval for the Netherlands, and was therefore illegal. Every time money had to be added to the project, which he received from his father, or by increasing his mortgage. Due to improvements to the model, he eventually obtained a type approval from the Netherlands Vehicle Authority [nl] (RDW) around 1973 and began to deliver the car himself as kits. This resulted in his own brand: Donkervoort.

Company

The first factory was in Tienhoven. When expansion was necessary, the factory moved to Loosdrecht. In 1995 Donkervoort participated in the race he founded for the Donkervoort cup.

The Donkervoort factory has been located in Lelystad since 2000.

References

  1. ^ "Donkervoort D8 GTO-JD70 – Donkervoort celebrates its founder's birthday with a high-powered gift of its own - Donkervoort, No Compromise". donkervoort.com. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  2. ^ Rik Nizet (December 24, 2014). "Biografie Joop Donkervoort: Tegendraads, net als de". Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  3. ^ "Algemeen Dagblad". December 16, 1995. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  4. ^ "This is the history of Donkervoort". TopGear Nederland. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  5. ^ "Algemeen Dagblad". November 5, 1988. Retrieved August 4, 2020.


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