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    One of the original names in electric cars...

    Hispano-Suiza is making a comeback...
    Hispano Suiza was once a regular participant in Geneva. The company's roots date to 1898 when a Spanish artillery captain, Emilio de la Cuadra, started building electric vehicles in Barcelona. He hired a Swiss engineer, Marc Birkigt, to work with him, though the company eventually switched to gas-powered models.
    They also made a name in aircraft engines...I seem to recall reading once that the coachwork on some of their cars was made of wood, and so finely finished you couldn't tell it from metal......Ben
    The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...

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