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| Industry | Manufacturing |
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| Founded | June 14, 1904 |
| Founders | Marc Birkigt Damián Mateu Francisco Seix |
| Fate | Aviation: now part of Safran Automobiles: active as part of the Peralada Group |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Miguel Suqué Mateu (President), Sergio Martinez Campos (CEO), Juan Fernandez (CTO), Francesc Arenas (Head of Design), Victor Cobos (CMO) |
| Products | Automobiles, formerly also aviation components |
| Parent | Grup Peralada |
| Website | hispanosuizacars.com |
Hispano-Suiza (Spanish for 'Spanish-Swiss') is a Spanish automotive company. It was founded in 1904 by Marc Birkigt and Damián Mateu as an automobile manufacturer and eventually had several factories in Spain and France that produced luxury cars, aircraft engines, trucks and weapons.
In 1923, its French luxury car arm became a semi-autonomous partnership with the Spanish parent company. In 1946, the parent company sold all of its Spanish automotive assets to Enasa, a Spanish state-owned vehicle manufacturer, and the French arm continued as an independent aviation engine and components manufacturer under the Hispano-Suiza name. In 1968, Hispano-Suiza was taken over by the aerospace company Snecma, which is now part of the French Safran Group. The relaunch of Hispano Suiza Cars has been made by the same founding family (4th generation of the Suqué Mateu Family), the company is part of the Peralada Group (owned as well by the Suqué Mateu family) in 2019 with a fully-electric 1.119 HP hypercar called Hispano-Suiza Carmen.