{"id":35394,"date":"2014-04-04T13:44:20","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T12:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=35394"},"modified":"2019-12-19T16:15:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T16:15:25","slug":"hispano-suiza-streamliner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/cars\/hispano-suiza-streamliner\/","title":{"rendered":"Hispano-Suiza Streamliner"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a lot of talk about bespoke culture these days. It seems that it’s the latest thing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But, of course, there’s nothing new under the sun. The whole idea of tailoring the objects of your desire was born in the very early days of the modern – and reached its apogee in the mid twentieth century when cars remained the playthings of the truly wealthy.<\/p>\n

\"Hispan-Suiza5\"<\/a>This one-off Hispano-Suiza was commissioned in 1937 by Andre Dubonnet, whose family had amassed a fortune from the aperitifs and cognacs that continue to bear the family name. Dubonnet was, apparently, an accomplished aviator as well as a racing driver – and you can see the influence of high modern aviation in those steel panels.<\/p>\n

\"Hispan-Suiza2\"<\/a>The styling was done by aerodynamics expert Jean Andreau – and coachbuilder Jacques Saoutchik crafted the body on a modified Hispano-Suiza H6B chassis.This is a car that set itself incredible aesthetic standards and in terms of a piece of pure design indulgence, it is hard to beat.<\/p>\n

Makes you hanker for the return of the future…<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t