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Marc Birkigt

meddling from people in gaudy braid, Hispano-Suiza had its feet planted on opposite sides of the Pyrenees, depending on the point in time. Thanks to the presence of Marc Birkigt, it can be said that Hispano-Suiza was also strongly Swiss. Its wonderful motorcars were never produced in Switzerland, but Birkigt was a child of Geneva, a founding director of Hispano-Suiza, and a pure

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