
The Spanish Alfonso XIII model was so popular in France that a new company was established there in 1911 to build them. The mascot dates from WW I when a stork painted onto the side of an Hispano-Suiza engined SPAD fighter plane for the French fighter ace Captain Georges Guynemer was later adopted for the car. After the war, Marc Birkigt designed the very successful H6 model, with the fame of Hispano-Suizas being cemented by the contribution of various coachbuilders including Vanvooren. The H6B and H6C models were followed by the J12 and K6, with the “Xenia” model being produced in 1938, which was the last year of car manufacture.

















