LA HISPANO-SUIZA: ESPLENDOR Y RUINA DE UNA EMPRESA LEGENDARIA
The European Hispano-Suiza represents a unique case in the history of Spanish industries, having become a world leader in the production of automobiles and aircraft engines at the beginning of the 20th century.
Hispano-Suiza: esplendor y ruina de una empresa legendaria, based on decades of in-depth research in company, family and official archives, unveils all the secrets of the rise and decline of this automotive giant that could have changed the course of its country's economy.
In addition to an analysis of the history of the company and its various subsidiaries, the book includes brief profiles of the main protagonists and a wide selection of images of cars and aircraft produced by Hispano-Suiza.
Hispano-Suiza became a world reference, an absolute leader in its sector (in other words, an Apple or a Tesla at the time) in a period when Spain was a country with an evident industrial, economic and social backwardness.
They were its political ties - in particular with the monarchy and Francoism - that led to its downfall and ruin. Today, however, La Hispano-Suiza still evokes luxury and success in the minds of Spaniards.
415 pages. Text in Spanish.
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