Chaigneau-Brasier

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Chaigneau-Brasier was the name given to French Brasier cars marketed after 1926 when the company was bought by the Chaigneau family who had been bicycle makers. [1]

Brasier 1905-1926 automotive brand manufacturer

Brasier was a French automobile manufacturer, based in the Paris conurbation, and active between 1905 and 1930. The firm began as Richard-Brasier in 1902, and became known as Chaigneau-Brasier in 1926.

The first car made by the new company was the TD-4, a 9 CV 4-cylinder model available as a tourer or saloon. In 1928 a much larger and more innovative front-wheel-drive car with inline, 3490 cc eight-cylinder engines was announced just in time for the 1929 economic crash, and few were made. [1]

Chaigneau himself won a 1.125 km (0.7 mi) hill climb race at Fontainebleau, near Paris. A partnership with Delahaye was unsuccessful. Production ceased in 1930 and finally, Delahaye took over in 1933.

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Delahaye company

Delahaye automobile was an automotive manufacturing company founded by Émile Delahaye in 1894, in Tours, France, his home town. His first cars were belt-driven, with single- or twin-cylinder engines mounted at the rear. His Type One was an instant success, and he urgently needed investment capital and a larger manufacturing facility. Both were provided by a new Delahaye owner and fellow racer, George Morane, and his brother-in-law Leon Desmarais, who partnered with Émile in the incorporation of the new automotive company, "Societe Des Automobiles Delahaye", in 1898. All three worked with the foundry workers to assemble the new machines, but middle-aged Émile was not in good health.

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  1. 1 2 Spurring 2011, p.103

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