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Hispano Suiza has presented a new four seat prototype at the 2001 Geneva Auto Show. Like the pre-war cars of Hispano Suiza past, it is a sports car of great dimensions, 4.96m x 2.00m x 1.43m that has grand and elegant characteristics.
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The J12 was one of the most expensive Hispano-Suiza chassis, costing $10 150 and featuring a V12 similar to the fighter plane engines of the era.
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The Rothschild Hispanos
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The Rothschild Hispanos
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Hispano Suiza of Spain was one of the great European marques. Marc Birkigt, a Swiss engineer, and Damian Mateu, a Swiss banker, started the company in 1904. Birkigt's first designs resembled race-abouts powered by 3.0 and 4.5 liter, inline-4 engines. The sporting nature of Hispano Suiza attracted King Alfonso who bought more than 30 cars during production.
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1989 Pebble Beach Concours best of show.
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The HS21-GTS is the latest work of Mazel Engineering based out of Spain. Over the last couple years the company has produced several odd-ball concept cars that bare the Hispano-Suiza name.
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Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, took a great liking the Hispano-Suiza marque. At times, he was known to have over 30 fine examples in his fleet. Recognizing his loyalty, the Company renamed the Type 15T to the Alfonso XIII.
