[6]: 1435  Some references indicate that French industrialist François Arbel, who had been one of the principals behind the second iteration of the Symétric hybrid prototype, was involved in the project and was instrumental in bringing Jacques Durand in to do the design.

The windshield, for instance, was from the Simca Aronde Océane, the taillights were from the Panhard PL 17 and the backlight in the removable hardtop was from the Citroën DS.

[3] The Sera weighed less than 600 kilograms (1,300 lb) and was designed around a backbone chassis with a power-train and running gear sourced from Panhard.

One of the Bordeaux Seras was exhibited at a fair in Barcelona which elicited a proposal to build the car in Spain.

[8] Import restrictions imposed by the Franco government made it impossible to obtain the French Panhard components needed to complete the cars.