Re: King Carol of Romania's 1937 Packard convertible

Posted by Guscha On 2011/4/15 11:08:46
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...I generally consider french coachbuilt big cars of the late 30's to be some of the most beautiful designs ever (Hispanos, Delage, Delahaye, etc), ...


Victor (56P400), sorry if it sounds like a know-it-all small-mindedness but althought Hispano-Suiza had a branch factory in France, it was founded and registered in Barcelona, Spain. But perhaps I'm wrong and the talk is of cars designed in France such as Franays.

--> sample for a Hispano with French design

However, I agree expressly with the central idea that the French designs were not seldom leading (even in later years). For hours I could sit next to a French car to talk about its lines but to sit in I prefer US American and German cars. French car design mostly is everything else than boring.

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