Carrosserie C. & R. Geissberger

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Carrosserie C. & R. Geissberger was a Swiss coachbuilder.

The company emerged in 1903 from a carriage-building business in Zurich. Before the First World War, around 150 employees were employed and Geissberger was the second largest company of its kind in Switzerland. The company was based on Wiesenstrasse in Zurich.

The manufacturer used chassis from Martini, Delage, Hispano-Suiza, Mercedes-Benz and Peugeot, as well as from the commercial vehicle manufacturer Saurer, which also manufactured passenger cars until 1914. [1] In 1929, the Carrosserie Georges Gangloff in Geneva, also founded in 1903, took over the business and continued it for a short time as a branch. At the latest, with the bankruptcy of the parent company in 1936, production in Zurich also ended. [2] [3] The facilities were taken over by Carrosserie Langenthal AG in 1937. [4]

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References

  1. Georgano: Complete Encyclopedia (1973), S. 611.
  2. Swiss Car Register: C. R. Geissberger
  3. Katalog zur Sonderausstellung Die Schweizer Carrossiers im Pantheon Basel, S. 36. (Geissberger)
  4. Hediger: Schweizer Carrossiers (2013), S. 46