Charles Deutsch
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Charles Deutsch, French aerodynamics engineer and automobile maker, founder of the brand "DB" with René Bonnet, and later of the "CD".
He later founded the SERA-CD vehicle engineering Research and Development Company (Société d’Etudes et de Réalisation Automobiles - Charles Deutsch). He employed the ground-effect for race cars 10 years before Chapparal and his #53 entry from "Autombiles Deutsch et Bonnet" won the "Index of Performance" trophy at the 1961 24 Hours of Le Mans. Robert Choulet was the most famous disciple of Charles Deutsch.
Though Deutsch died in 1980, SERA-CD continues research and development to this day, from light to heavy vehicles using conventional and hybrid propulsion technology. On 23-April-2007 it was acquired by Sogeclair.
