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Eugène Brillié parted company with Gustave Gobron in 1903 and formed his own company in Paris, building later the Schneider car. His speciality was commercial vehicles and he was responsible for the French capital’s omnibuses. Production of Brillié vehicles was undertaken by the Schneider armaments firm, which built one or two experimental Schneider cars in the 1903 – 1904 period. Interestingly enough Brillié abandoned the opposed-piston engine for used ioe units. A cab-over-engine layout was also found on early Schneider cars, which included 4-cylinder shaft-driven taxis rated at 18/24hp and these Schneider cars were designed to run on either petrol or alcohol. By 1906 a big 35/45hp Schneider car model, also shaft-driven, was listed and a smaller ioe 16/20hp Schneider car was made with shaft drive, high-tension magneto ignition, and 4-speed gearbox. Two 4-cylinder types Schneider cars were still catalogued in 1907. In February 1908, Eugène Brillié’s company went into liquidation and this was also the end of Schneider cars.
Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; MCS
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