Wind the clock back a century or so, and automotive coachbuilding was at its peak. Throughout the late 1920s and ’30s, we saw bespoke creations debuting across the world, from now sadly defunct automakers such as Delahaye, Hispano-Suiza, and Talbot Lago. These graceful, teardrop coupes and tourers still proudly sit among the finest automotive creations we have ever seen. As post-war economics and the mass production of luxury models set in, the art of coachbuilding largely died off.
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