6,597cc SOHC Inline 6-Cylinder Engine Single Dual-throat Carburetor 80bhp at 3,500rpm 3-Speed Manual Transmission Front and Rear Leaf Spring Suspension 4-Wheel Mechanical Drum Brakes *Owned new by Chicago socialite Lolita Armour and later Brooks Stevens *Comprehensive 1999-2001 restoration carried out by specialist Richard Grenon *Multiple Concours d'Elegance prizes awarded *Among the most luxurious, high-quality automobiles of the era THE HISPANO-SUIZA H6 The choice of European Royalty, Indian Maharajahs, Hollywood film stars and industrial tycoons, the legendary Hispano-Suiza was superbly engineered and imitated unashamedly by some of the world's leading car manufacturers.

Although the marque was of Spanish origin, it was Hispano-Suiza's French-built cars that established it in the front rank of luxury automobile manufacturers following the end of WWI.

During the conflict, Hispano engines had powered some of the Allies' finest fighter aircraft, and post-war the marque would adopt t...