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| Baldenweg F. – Geneva 1920–38 |
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| Production of bodies for touring and luxury cars, primarily on French chassis. Sporty two-seater on small Hispano-Suiza chassis and Delage cabriolets. |
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| Bernath Willy – La Chaux de Fonds 1945–47 |
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| At the end of World War 2, new and modern automobiles were in short supply. Bernath built about 25 cabriolets bodies on pre-war Alfa Romeo-, Lancia-, Citroën-, and Jaguar-chassis. |
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| Beutler Gebrüder – Thun 1943–87 |
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| One of the most creative coachbuilders of the post-war period. 1948/49 construction of the first six (of eight) Porsche cabriolets. (Chassis 003 has been in the hands of a Swiss enthusiast for many years). Cabriolet and coupé bodies on European chassis, e.g. VW, Porsche, BMW, Healey, Jaguar, Bristol, Lancia, Simca etc. |
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| Blaser & Burkhardt – Burgdorf 1934–? |
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| Production of various cabriolet and coupé bodies on American chassis. Commercial motor vehicles. |
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| Brichet F. – Geneva 1920–33 |
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| The company offered a whole range of special bodies from sporty two-seaters and touring torpedos up to heavy luxury cars, e.g. on Ballot -, Bugatti -, Cadillac -, Hispano-Suiza- and Alfa Romeo-chassis. |
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| Chiattone A – Lugano ca. 1914–? |
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| Production of various bodies for touring and ambulance vehicles on Benz chassis. No details known. |
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| Dietrich Otto – Basel 1914–? |
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| Known company but only a few vehicles documented; for example a Rolls-Royce 40/50 HP with Silver Ghost Landaulet coupé body and a Lancia with a Berlina body with sun roof. |
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| Dolder A. – Lucerne ca. 1919–34 |
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| Production of commercial motor vehicles and Cars Alpins bodies. |
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| Eckert Heinrich – Zurich 1918–47 |
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| Special bodies and “balloon”-hard-tops for touring cars. Delivered more than 200 coach-built cars during the 1920’s. |
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| Eggli Frères – Lausanne 1918–? |
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| Production of bodies for touring cars and Cars Alpins. |
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| Egli Adolf – Basel 1902–32 |
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| Sporty touring cars and luxury cabriolets on American- and Rolls-Royce chassis. Construction of special front seats which automatically slid forward when being folded down. No details are known about the bodies built before 1914. |
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| Faurax & Cie. – Geneva |
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| Production of touring car bodies. No details are known. |
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| Fehler H. – Bern ca. 1925–28 |
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| Production of touring car bodies on Alfa Romeo chassis (co-production with Santschi). |
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| Frech-Hoch E. – Sissach 1924–? |
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| Important enterprise. Produced primarily commercial motor vehicles and coaches, until 1935 also open and closed passenger cars. |
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| Frey P. – Zurich 1922–? |
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| Production of touring car and coach bodies. |
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| Gangloff Georges – Geneva 1903–33 |
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Main supplier of Pic Pic. One of the most important passenger vehicle coachbuilders after World War 1. Delivered bodies for Martini, Rolls-Royce, Delage, Ansaldo, Hispano-Suiza, Isotta-Fraschini, Mercedes-Benz, Bugatti, Minerva and various other, also American, makes.
Establishment of branch works in Zurich (ex Geissberger), Berne and Colmar (ex Wiederkehr). Successor company: Carrosserie Séchéron.
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| Gangloff John – Lausanne 1909–12 |
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| Production of car bodies for Pic Pic and various foreign chassis. |
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| Geissberger C. & R. – Zurich 1903–29 |
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| Most important coachbuilder of Switzerland before World War 1. Most of the early Martini, Turicum and Saurer passenger cars were coachbuilt by Geissberger. Starting from 1920 also car bodies for Delage, Hispano-Suiza, Peugeot etc. were manufactured. |
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| Ghia SA – Aigle 1948–57 |
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| Branch works of Ghia-Turin and Ghia-Lugano. Built attractive cabriolet and coupé bodies on British and Italian chassis; for example MG, Jaguar, Jowett, Alfa Romeo etc. |
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| Graber Hermann – Wichtrach 1925–70 |
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| Certainly the best-known Swiss passenger car coachbuilder. Before World War 2, the production consisted primarily of cabriolets on Italian, French and German chassis. Small series of Swiss Packard and three Duesenberg were coachbuilt. After 1945 Graber manufactured mainly bodies for Alvis, Delahaye, Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Bentley etc. Manufacture of Graber-bodies for Alvis under licence by Park Ward (England). |
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| Gygax Jean – Biel 1900–36 |
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| Initially, production of car bodies for Swiss chassis. In the 1920’s, production of all-weather bodies on chassis of many different makes. Later on, it built a luxury car on Isotta-Fraschini chassis and some cabriolets on Cadillac and Minerva chassis. Co-operation with Alexis Kellner, coachbuilder from Berlin. |
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| Haizer & Herrmann – Zurich 1926–29 |
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| Production of Jaray streamline body on Chrysler chassis. |
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| Hänni A. – Zurich ca. 1920–? |
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| Development and production of roll roofs for sedans. |
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| Hartmann M. – Lausanne 1929–35 |
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| Manufacturing of various cabriolets and coupés bodies. Hartmann is especially remembered for the body of its Cadillac V16 torpedo which resembles the glamorous bodies of Figoni & Falaschi or Saoutchik. |
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| Heber Frères – Geneva 1910–52 |
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| Production of sports and luxury coaches on Alfa Romeo, Rolls-Royce etc. chassis. |
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| Heimburger Otto – Basel 1904–19? |
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| Production of open and closed car bodies on Swiss and French chassis—among others a Martini for the Russian Tsar and a noble Coupé de Ville on a Cadillac 1924 chassis. In the later years, specialisation in body structures for commercial motor vehicles. |
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| Hess – Solothurn/Bellach 1919–today |
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| Production of all-weather bodies on passenger cars and Cars Alpins. A car coachbuilt on an Alfa- Romeo chassis and the Soletta-prototype (owned by the Swiss Car Register) are still in existence. Today, still successfully active as coachbuilders of buses, trolley-buses and coaches. |
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| Höhener’s Erben – St. Gallen 1920–35 |
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The enterprise was already founded in 1896. Car bodies, however, are only documented starting from 1920. Manufactured so-called “Balloon” hard-tops for open tourers, for example Lancia Lambda as well as all-weather and cabriolet bodies for Martini and other foreign make chassis. Produced also body structures for commercial motor and firefighting vehicles. |
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| Huber & Brühwiler – Lucerne 1930–41 |
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| Well known are the Jaray streamline carbodies on Audi and Mercedes Benz chassis. |
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| Kölz Jules – Basel 1875–? |
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| Production of various bodies for touring cars, ambulance vehicles, buses, coaches and commercial motor vehicles. Kölz was a founding member of the VSCI (Swiss Coachbuilder Association). |
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| Köng Walter – Basel 1935–99 |
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| Until 1930, Walter Köng was a designer with Packard in the USA. In the 1930’s, the company built cabriolet bodies on French and English chassis. Köng got a lot of attention when in 1948 he presented the daringly designed Riley coupé. In the final years, Köng was mostly engaged with the restoration of classic vehicles. |
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| Kunz – Wauwil 1924 bis ca. 1934 |
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| Production of bodies for passenger vehicles with roll roof, commercial motor vehicles and trailers. |
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| Langenthal – Langenthal 1921–? |
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| Developed from the original company, Fritz Grogg, in 1929. In the beginning, production of touring and business cars on light chassis. Afterwards luxury cabriolets on Hispano-Suiza as well as on French and American chassis. After World War 2, small series on the basis of Lancia, Peugeot and Citroën. Since 1950 only bodywork for commercial motor vehicles. |
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| Lauber & Fils – Nyon 1931–? |
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| Coachbuilding of commercial motor vehicles, buses, trolleybuses, coaches and special vehicles. Taken over by Ramseier + Jenzer (today Hess Group). |
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| Moret A.L. – Geneva 1918 bis ca. 1950 |
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| Building of a few passenger vehicle and ambulance coachbodies. Peugeot 402 cabriolet. |
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| Oertig L. – Geneva 1912–29 |
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| Before World War 1, production of touring bodies. |
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| Pozzi & Cie. – Renens/Lausanne 1924–? |
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| Production of various passenger vehicles bodies. |
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| Ramseier, Streun & Co, Ramseier + Jenzer – Bern/Biel 1919–89 |
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Initially, production of bodies on light touring and town cars. In the 1920’s, extension of production to luxury cars on expensive chassis. The company produced bodies for passenger cars as well as for commercial vehicles and buses for private, public and Postal Service customers.
Starting from 1933, the production of passenger car bodies was abandoned. After the take-over of Lauber, Nyon, the company became the most important coachbuilding enterprise of Switzerland. |
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| Reinbolt & Christé – Basel 1900–59 |
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Manufacturing of car bodies since the very early years.
In the 1930’s, production of many attractive cabriolets bodies on American and French chassis. After 1945, development of several cabriolets on Jaguar and Riley basis. Altogether about 300 passenger cars were produced.
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| Rochat – Morges ? |
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| Manufacturing of a body for a Hispano-Suiza Coupé in 1935. |
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| Ruckstuhl – Lucerne 1925–38 |
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| Beside “Balloon” hard-tops for open touring cars, the company built limousines and cabriolets on various luxury chassis. |
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| Santschi J. – Bern ca. 1924–28 |
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| Production of sporty bodies for Alfa Romeo and Salmson (co-production with Fehler). |
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| Sanwald H. – St. Gallen 1919–27 |
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| Manufacturing of bodies for passenger cars and commercial motor vehicles. No details are known. |
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| Scheiwiller Josef – Zurich 1946–? |
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| Construction of sports racing cars on Alfa Romeo chassis. |
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| Schweizerische Wagonfabrik – Schlieren, ? |
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| Coachbuilding bodies of buses. |
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| Sécheron – Geneva 1936–67 |
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| After World War 2, manufacture of some cabriolets, for example on Delahaye chassis. |
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| Seitz – Emmishofen 1905–30 |
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| Has built touring and town car bodies, mainly on German chassis. Production also of bodies for commercial motor vehicles as well as buses. In 1940, the works were re-formed into Mowag. (See heading Swiss manufacturers). |
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| SIG – Neuhausen 1928–30 |
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| Predominantly active in the construction of railway rolling stock, the company also built some closed car bodies on Martini chassis and buses. |
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| Société Suisse de Carrosserie – Geneva 1905–? |
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| Production of open and closed luxury car bodies, among others also for Martini. Some were exported. |
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| Tüscher Gebr. – Zurich 1909–? |
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| In the early years, manufacturing consisted of bodies for touring-, sports- and town cars on many different chassis, for example Fiat, Benz, Isotta-Fraschini and Rolls-Royce. In the 1930’s, the bodies were mostly built on American chassis. Commercial motor vehicles as well as buses and coaches were also being built during this whole time. |
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| Wenger – Basel 1919–? |
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| Production of sporty vehicles on French, Italian and German chassis. Since 1930 mainly special vehicles. |
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| Wernli M. – Zurich |
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| In the 1920’s, manufacture of bodies for buses and coaches. |
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| Worblaufen, F. Ramseier & Co. – Worblaufen 1929–58 |
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One of the most important Swiss coachbuilders for passenger cars.
Production of outstandingly elegant cabriolets and roadsters on Isotta-Fraschini, Mercedes Benz, Alfa Romeo and Bugatti chassis. After World War 2, mostly on Talbot Lago, Delahaye, Citroën and Lancia chassis. Production of some one-off bodies on Jaguar-, BMW- and Bentley basis.
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