Editing Charles Deutsch (section)

==Career==
[[File:CD Panhard LM64 (1964).jpg|thumb|right|The CD Panhard LM64 of 1964]]
Educated at the [[École Polytechnique]], Deutsch was a pioneer in the field of aerodynamics, and founded the Sera-CD vehicle engineering Research and Development Company (Société d’Etudes et de Réalisations Automobiles - Charles Deutsch). He used the [[Ground effect (cars)|ground-effect]] on race cars ten years before [[Chaparral Cars|Chaparral]] and his #53 entry from "Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet" won the "Index of Performance" trophy at the [[1961 24 Hours of Le Mans]]. The Alpine M64 which won the Index of Thermal Performance at the [[1964 24 Hours of Le Mans|1964 Le Mans]] also had bodywork designed by Deutsch.<ref name=AQ71/>

Deutsch served as President of the [[Société des ingénieurs de l'automobile]] from 1971 until 1975, followed by holding the presidency of [[Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Ingénieurs des Techniques de l'Automobile|FISITA]], the International Federation of Automotive Engineering Societies, until 1978.<ref name=AQ55/> He was also the director of the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] (from 1969 until 1980) and of the [[Grand Prix of Monaco]].<ref name=AQ55/> French aerodynamics engineer [[Robert Choulet]] ([[École Centrale Paris]]) is Deutsch's most famous disciple.

Although 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.