Virus (automobile)

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Virus was a French automobile.

Pierre Brissonnet was the owner of the Garage Renouvier in the Rue de Renouvier in Paris. He built cyclecars between 1930 and 1935. [1] Designer of the cars was a certain Renaud. The cars had front-wheel drive and a two-stroke engine with 350 cc. [2] The cars raced at the Bol d'Or.

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  1. Burgess Wise 2004, p. 527.
  2. Burgess Wise 2004, p. 527.

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