Hispano Suiza

Reimagining the way pioneers embrace state-of-art car engineering, since 1904. Hispano Suiza is a historic Spanish car brand owned by four generations of the Suque Mateu family. Hispano Suiza Fabrica de Automoviles S.A. was founded in Barcelona in 1904 by Damian Mateu with the support of Technical Director and engineer Marc Birkigt, also a partner in the company. Between 1904-1946, Hispano Suiza built more than 12,000 luxury performance cars and 50,000 aeroplane engines. Today with its headquarters, technical centre, and manufacturing facility in Barcelona Hispano Suiza embodies a proud Spanish spirit with a strong family legacy. In 2000, Hispano Suiza built a prototype luxury two-seat supercar HS21, which was shown in Geneva that same year. The K8 and HS21-GTS models, both evolutions of the first, were presented in 2001 and 2002. Since it was founded, four generations of the Suque Mateu family have preserved the family brand, injecting impetus and dynamism to maintain the ...