FRONT COVER Hispano Suiza are back! Words: Ana Montenegro Images: Mikel Prieto
ispano Suiza, the most coveted brand of the 20th century, returns to the automotive world with two electric hypercars: the Carmen and the Carmen Boulogne.
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sportiness, reliability and avant-garde technology, now teamed with 100% electric propulsion. And just like it happened 100 years ago, the brand seeks the most advanced competition from the base of its innovation: for this reason some of the best Formula E engineers are part of the Hispano Suiza Team.
was based in Barcelona. It was really the first Spanish automotive multinational company, since it had factories in Paris, as well as in Barcelona, Ripoll (Gerona), Seville and Guadalajara. In addition to coveted sleek and luxurious ‘touring’ cars, Hispano Suiza made jet engines, buses, trucks and race cars.
The iconic Spanish brand resurfaces in the 21st century, maintaining the DNA of its origins: elegance, exclusivity,
A century ago, in the 1920s, the most coveted and admired car brand in Europe was called Hispano Suiza and
Ettore Bugatti had an Hispano Suiza in his private collection and Rolls Royce bought each new model launched by the
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