Carrosserie Worblaufen

Carrosserie Worblaufen, F. Ramseier & Co. was a Swiss manufacturer of car bodies headquartered in Worblaufen near Bern from 1929 to 1958. The company is different to Carrosserie Ramseier in Bern and Biel.

Carosserie Worblaufen was a leading company for luxurious car bodies in Switzerland. It was especially known for sporty, elegant, open designs.

Famous Worblaufen car bodies were used for Alfa Romeo, Bentley, BMW, Bugatti (Type 57 Grand Raid Roadster, Body Nr. 57260), Citroën, Delahaye (7 Type 135s which according to the Swiss Car Register still (2017) exist), Isotta Fraschini, Jaguar, Lancia, Mercedes-Benz und Talbot-Lago.

Shortly after the end of WWII a four-door convertible was built on the chassis of a Packard Clipper Super or Super Eight. Worblaufen mixed design elements of both cars: the front was a 22nd and 23rd series Packards (1948–1950) but the sides lacked the continuous indentation. Instead, the sides were inspired by the Clipper of the 19th and 20th series (1941–1947).

In March 1950 Worblaufen introduced a convertible on a Bentley Mark VI chassis at the Geneva Motor Show.

However, the disappearance of traditional automobile manufacturers producing cars in bare chassis form forced Worblaufen, like many other Coachbuilders at around the same time, to give up on the car body production in 1958, although they continued in business, undertaking vehicle repairs and as producers of specialist truck conversions, till 1983.

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