To create a rolling showcase for his ideas, Andre Dubonnet purchased an extensively modified Hispano-Suiza chassis that he had seen at the 1932 Paris Salon. The car was deigned by Jean Andreau, a man known for designing avant-garde streamlined aircraft and automobiles.
In 1938 Dubonnet employed renowned coachbuilder, Jacques Saoutchik, to construct this revolutionary body – Dubonnet’s fifth prototype attempt that he named Xenia after his late wife.
Xenia was hidden during the war and did not reappear until June 9 1946 at the opening of the Saint Cloud highway tunnel outside Paris.
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