Editing Charles Deutsch (section)

==Early history==
Deutsch was born at [[Champigny-sur-Marne]] on 6 September 1911. His father was a cartwright who had also expanded into manufacturing automobile bodies on a small scale in the early 1900s.<ref name=AQ54>{{cite journal | ref = AQ181 | journal = [[Automobile Quarterly]] | volume = XVIII | number = 1, first quarter 1980 | date = 1980 | title = D.B. stands for Deutsch-Bonnet | first = Griffith | last = Borgeson | location = Princeton, NJ | issn = 0005-1438 | page = 54 }}</ref> The young Deutsch proceeded to learn his father's business from the ground up, a knowledge set complemented by a degree from the prestigious [[École Polytechnique]].<ref name=AQ55>[[#AQ181|Borgeson]], p. 55</ref> Deutsch senior died in 1929, leaving the eighteen-year-old Charles in charge of the business while also pursuing his studies. This proved unfeasible, and in 1932 he sold the business to a [[René Bonnet (businessman)|René Bonnet]], while continuing to live upstairs and maintaining a day-to-day involvement in the ''charronnerie-carrosserie''.<ref name=AQ55/>

Charles Deutsch himself states that he was only fourteen when he designed his first car, which was built in his father's shop.<ref name=AQ55/> After a promised ride for Bonnet in the 1936 [[French Grand Prix]] failed to materialize, Deutsch and Bonnet proceeded to design their own car - using Citroën parts - which they competed with some success.<ref name=AQ567>[[#AQ181|Borgeson]], pp. 56-57</ref> This was D.B. 1, which gave rise to the [[DB (car)|DB company]] which lasted until 1961. After the breakup of the company, Deutsch proceeded to build a small number of lightweight, aerodynamic, front-wheel drive sports cars under the [[Panhard CD#The CD Dyna|CD]] (sometimes referred to as CD-Panhard, since they depended on Panhard engines). Together with [[Jean Bertin]], Deutsch also worked on solving the [[Facel Vega|Facellia's]] cooling problems as well as on a more powerful twin-carburetted version.<ref name=IMS362>{{cite magazine | title = Från skilda fronter |trans-title=From different fronts | page = 28 | language = sv | editor-last = Björklund | editor-first = Bengt | location = Lerum, Sweden | magazine = Illustrerad Motor Sport | number = 3 | date = March 1962 }}</ref>

In 1935 Deutsch began working for the ''[[Corps of Bridges, Waters and Forests|Ponts et Chaussées]]'', the French highway and bridge authority. He continued working full-time as a civil engineer, becoming chief engineer in 1951, while also running a competition car company and raising a family.<ref name=AQ55/> In 1966 Deutsch retired from the ''Ponts et Chaussées'' and proceeded to dedicate his entire time to his engineering firm.<ref name=AQ71>[[#AQ181|Borgeson]], p. 71</ref>