The Donkervoort story
Donkervoort’s D8 family developed through increasingly specialised GTO-related branches before F22 changed the shape and packaging of the company’s lightweight performance car. P24 RS introduces the next current programme. The progression shows a small manufacturer moving beyond a recognisable historical silhouette while retaining its interest in low mass and a very direct road-car proposition.
These cars sit at the boundary between specialist sports car and supercar, which is precisely why they belong in the discussion. They offer a different answer from adding more power to a heavier vehicle. We think the most useful comparison examines what the mass and packaging priorities make possible, and what they ask the occupant to accept.
Current lineup & programmes
Performance and specialist model families are listed below. Programme status describes the manufacturer’s published range or announcement, rather than stock or an available allocation. Open-top and special derivatives are grouped where they share a family; follow the model link for the distinctions.
Donkervoort F22 / Bare Naked / Final Five
Range transition · 2020s
Donkervoort P24 RS
Current programme · 2020s
Past models
Past performance-car families relevant to our 1996–2026 archive. A surviving product page or conversion catalogue does not mean the original donor car remains in production.
Donkervoort D8 / GTO / RS / JD70 / Individual Series
Archive · 1990s
The SuperCarNews view
Donkervoort's D8 and D8 GTO history leads through F22 to the current P24 RS programme. The exposed-wheel visual ancestry remains recognisable even as the structure and performance ambitions develop. These cars sit at the boundary between highly specialised sports car and supercar, which is precisely why they are useful in this archive.
They ask whether a dramatic experience requires a large enclosed body and a very large engine. We think that is a valuable challenge to the usual catalogue hierarchy. Low mass and a direct relationship with the controls can be meaningful objectives in their own right, although the resulting experience still requires an actual drive to assess.
F22 and P24 RS should not share one generic specification. The current programme represents a further development, while older D8 derivatives belong to the heritage record. A surviving model page is not proof that every historical version remains available for a new order.