Founded by cabinet maker Jacques Saoutchik (born Iakov Savtchuk in

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in 1880), Saoutchik was a French coachbuilding company founded in 1906. In the 1930s, the company became well known for their often extravagant automobile designs for high end luxury car manufacturers. After Jacques died in 1955, the company passed into the hands of his son Pierre. With most of the well known French luxury car manufacturers going out of business and independent automotive coachbuilding as an industry in decline, the market for Saoutchik designs evaporated and the company ceased trading in 1955. The company was known for designing flamboyant and expensive automobile bodies for brands such as

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and others. File:Delahaye 235 Saoutchik Cabriolet1.jpg,

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Cabriolet with Saoutchik bodywork File:1948 Cadillac Series 62 Saoutchik 3-position drophead (4321128358).jpg, 1948

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drophead bodied by Saoutchik File:Delahaye - Saoutchik.jpg, A

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interior done by Saoutchik File:Hispano-suiza-h6b-xenia.jpg, Hispano-Suiza H6B Dubonnet Xenia bodied by Saoutchik File:1950 Talbot-Lago T26 (1176777532).jpg, 1950

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T26 Grand Sport Coupe by Saoutchik File:Talbot-Lago T 26 Grand Sport von Saoutchik 1948 schräg 1.JPG, 1948 Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport Coupe by Saoutchik

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External links

Coachbuild.com Encyclopedia: Saoutchik
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