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Founded by cabinet maker Jacques Saoutchik (born Iakov Savtchuk in Russian Empire in 1880), Saoutchik was a top-class French coachbuilding company founded in 1906. In the 1930s the company became famous for their high quality and often extravagant designs. After Jacques died in 1955, the company passed into the hands of his son Pierre. With the great French luxury car manufacturers all going out of business, the market for the ostentatious Saoutchik designs evaporated and the company ceased trading in 1955.[1]
The company was known for designing flamboyant and expensive automobile bodies for classic brands such as Bugatti, Delahaye, Pegaso, and others.
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Delahaye 235 Cabriolet with Saoutchik bodywork
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1948 Cadillac Series 62 of particularly flamboyant design
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Saoutchik interiors were often quite glamorous
References
- ^ "Coachbuilders from past to present: Saoutchik". Coachbuild.com. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
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