ICON OF LUXURY
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SAY hello to the new Hispano Suiza Carmen, an obscenely powerful electric hypercar costing well into seven figures. Just a handful will be built, and it claims to offer a driving experience like no other. In other words, it sounds like one of many recent hypercar upstarts destined for five minutes of fame before being filed away alongside a host of other dormant projects and ultimately forgotten.
For Hispano Suiza, however, things might be different. The brand is steeped with heritage in the automotive industry and beyond, and the Carmen marks a resurgence, rather than a beginning. Hispano Suiza produced its first in a long line of luxury cars in 1904, which preceded a foray into aviation in World War I. The company made more than 50,000 aeroplane engines in the period, and even built the machine guns mounted to many Spitfires in World War II.
By that time, its cars were already established
