Gangloff

Cars with bodies by Gangloff

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  Bugatti

  Type 57 "Grand Raid" by Gangloff

  1 Built

  One-offCoachbuilt

Key facts

Founded

1903 (Geneva)¹ Independently researched

Founder

Georges Gangloff¹ Independently researched

Headquarters

Colmar, Alsace, France (parent company originally in Geneva)¹ Independently researched

History

One source states that Gangloff was established in Geneva in 1903 by Georges Gangloff. In 1927 he bought the Wiederkehr coachbuilder in Colmar, near Molsheim, and the Colmar firm became a kind of affiliated coachbuilder to Bugatti, said to have bodied roughly half of Bugatti's production; its designs are often hard to tell from the factory's own. The Geneva parent company built very few Bugattis from 1928 and was sold by Gangloff to two associates in 1936. Gangloff of Colmar was still building bodies after the war, including a cabriolet on a Bugatti Type 101 chassis in 1951.

Milestones

1. 1903
   Gangloff established in Geneva by Georges Gangloff.¹
2. 1927
   Georges Gangloff bought the Wiederkehr coachbuilder in Colmar, which became Gangloff Colmar.¹
3. 1936
   Georges Gangloff sold his Geneva company to two associates.¹

Sources

Each number links to the exact facts it supports.

1. 1
   Swiss Coachbuilding Masters, Part 1 Level D Crankhandle

   • "Gangloff was established in 1903 in Geneva"
   • bought Wiederkehr in Colmar in 1927
   • "In 1936 Georges Gangloff sold his Geneva company to two of his associates."
   • Georges Gangloff bought the Wiederkehr coachbuilder in Colmar in 1927
   • 1927 purchase of Wiederkehr in Colmar, near Molsheim; became Gangloff Colmar
   • founded 1903 Geneva; Colmar 1927; Geneva sold 1936

   Accessed 2026-11-13
2. 2
   Salon Privé's brace of Gangloff Bugattis Level C Conceptcarz

   • "Gangloff had effectively become Bugatti's de facto coachbuilder"; Type 101 cabriolet

   Accessed 2026-11-13