This week’s history article is about another pioneer of motoring: Hispano-Suiza – translated as Spanish-Swiss, which it sort of was. In 1898, a Spanish Army captain called Emilio de la Cuadra started a company to build electric cars. He met a young Swiss engineer in Paris called Marc Birkigt, who became instrumental in designing cars for the company. In 1902, de la Cuadra … [Read more...]
Darracq
Motoring Weekly's marque articles have covered some of the earlier car companies that have been swallowed up by other manufacturers that are still producing vehicles. This week I am going to talk about Darracq, another pioneer in the European market. Alexandre Darracq founded his car company in 1896. He was a Frenchman of Spanish origins and was an entrepreneur and astute … [Read more...]
IFR Aspid Supersport
I first heard about the IFR Aspid Supersport back when Motoring Weekly was in version 1 and formatted as a podcast through iTunes during 2009. The car was designed and built in Spain by a team lead by an ex rally engineer whose resume includes Prodrive and the Mitsubishi World Rally team. The Supersport was the first development car that the company built and was kind of a … [Read more...]