Carrosserie Beutler

Beutler & Cie. At the beginning of the 1960s it was foreseeable that as a result of the introduction of self-supporting construction and the dwindling number of manufacturers able to provide chassis, the demand for special bodies would decline.

[3] Based on a Bentley Mark VI from 1947, a convertible was created following a customer order, which received a "more modern" body just two years later, also at Beutler.

[2] When Beutler showed a coupé and a convertible based on the Bristol 401 at the Geneva Motor Show, they had to compete with international competition: the factory body was designed by Touring Superleggera, and Pininfarina also offered variants.

The British company commissioned Beutler to design a body for the prototype of the Bristol 406.

[7] It was for a 4/5 seater convertible on a Bugatti Type 49 with a 3.2 liter eight-cylinder inline engine.

At the same time, Beutler also installed a Cotal pre - selector gearbox, a rather unusual job for a body shop.

[7] With its front, offset "ponton" fenders and hinted rear ones, it corresponds to the taste of the time.

They were supplied by the Swiss automotive supplier Scintilla AG in Solothurn (part of the Bosch Group since 1954 and today a garden equipment manufacturer[8]).

[9] Far less well known than the Chapron factory convertible for the Citroën DS19 is the version by the Beutler brothers, a few examples of which were produced in 1959 and 1960.

In addition to Faget & Varnet, Motta, Graber and of course Chapron, Beutler also dressed some Type 235s.

[11] In 1956, Beutler offered a different body based on the Fiat 600 for a price of 4,000 Swiss francs.

[2] A coupé and two convertibles were built by Beutler on chassis from the Donald Healey Motor Company in Warwick (United Kingdom).

The vehicle was equipped with right-hand drive and achieved second place in a beauty contest in Lucerne.

[16] Beutler built four examples of the 500 Sport as a convertible for the small car manufacturer Maico.

The prototype was shown at the New York Auto Show in 1958, but series production was not carried out due to the client's financial difficulties.

From 1948 to 1949, Beutler built a small series of six convertibles of the new 356, probably on order from the Swiss car importer AMAG.

There seem to have been differences in the order processing in contact with the customer, as a result of which Porsche stopped supplying components.

[20] Beutler built a hotel bus on the chassis of a Rolls-Royce Phantom II, which was extended.