Hispano-Suiza
Hispano-Suiza stood alongside Rolls-Royce and Bugatti at the summit of pre-war engineering, its Spanish-Swiss parentage and Parisian manufacture producing cars of aviation-derived sophistication — the marque's V8 aero engines powered Allied fighters in the Great War, and the stork mascot commemorates ace Georges Guynemer's squadron. The H6 of 1919 set the standard for the luxury car of its age; the J12 of the 1930s, with its 9.4-litre V12, crowned it. Car production ended around the Second World War, and the great Hispanos are now concours aristocracy of the first rank.
Hispano-Suiza H6
Marc Birkigt's 1919 masterpiece — the Boulanger straight-six that set the standard for inter-war luxury.
Hispano-Suiza J12
The V12 successor to the H6 — 9.4 litres of refined French aero-derived engineering for the world's wealthiest owners.