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The company was set up in 1871 by three brothers named Adolf, Carl and
Hermann Reichstein. The brothers had already been producing basket-work child buggies and children's two-wheelers in 1870, and in 1881 had moved into the booming mainstream bicycle business. From 1892 the bicycles were branded
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By the 1930s the company had grown to become Europe's largest produced of infant buggies and was also a leading bicycle producer. Volume production of motor bikes began in 1901, and from 1903 the company was producing, at this stage only to special order, three- and four-wheeled powered vehicles.
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1908 saw the beginning of series production of cars, and this was also the year that the company's own racing team began to enjoy worldwide success in motor sport. However, car production was suspended in 1914 with the outbreak of the
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In 1923/24 Brennabor led the way, as one of the first German auto-makers (along with Opel) to adopt US-style production line techniques. However, Brennabor had no small car model to compete with Opel's
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factory, in which form it continued till the 1960s. Since 1991 the former factory has housed a training centre owned by a subsidiary of the auto-engineering company,
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The company attempted a comeback in 1931, applying developments in front-wheel drive technology, using the
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The one-litre
Brennabor Type C/D of the early 1930s was not sold in large numbers.
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Information on some
Brennabort two-wheelers, with photos
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Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1945
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Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1871
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1162:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Germany
62:Volume production of motor cars began in 1908.
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235:Typ D 10/20 und 10/24 (Prinz Heinrich Wagen)
200:1 Zyl. mit 3,5 und 4 PS, 2 Zyl. mit 5,5 PS
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877:Interessengemeinschaft Brennabor
206:3.5 (2.6 kW), 4 and 5.5 PS
194:Brennaborette 3,5, 4 und 5,5 PS
132:and the plant was disassembled.
28:Brennabor-Werke Gebr. Reichstein
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1197:Cycle manufacturers of Germany
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1177:Car manufacturers of Germany
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859:Kerschsteiner Verlag, 2005,
214:Kleinwagen 6/12 und 6/14 PS
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652:Juwel 8 14/60 und 14/65 PS
580:Typ ASL / Typ AFL 12/55 PS
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130:Soviet Occupation Zone
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841:Pavel/Krause/Brekow:
785:38 PS (27.9 kW)
761:22 PS (16.2 kW)
713:20 PS (14.7 kW)
675:Juwel Front 10/45 PS
523:25 PS (18.4 kW)
475:27 PS (19.9 kW)
451:25 PS (18.4 kW)
427:20 PS (14.7 kW)
403:24 PS (17.7 kW)
379:16 PS (11.8 kW)
357:28 PS (20.6 kW)
335:22 PS (16.2 kW)
292:18 PS (13.2 kW)
186:6–8 PS (5.9 kW)
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270:12 PS (8.8 kW)
46:. It was based in
809:45 PS (33 kW)
737:30 PS (22 kW)
722:Ideal extra 7/30 PS
667:60 PS (44 kW)
643:45 PS (33 kW)
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802:6-cylinder inline
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682:6-cylinder inline
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343:Typ F 10/28 PS
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819:References
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726:1930–1933
702:1931–1933
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608:1929–1933
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488:1927–1930
464:1925–1927
440:1925–1928
416:1922–1925
392:1919–1925
346:1911–1914
324:1910–1914
303:1910–1912
281:1911–1914
259:1911–1913
238:1910–1911
217:1908–1910
197:1907–1912
177:1905–1911
160:Cylinders
111:Laubfrosch
1157:Brennabor
1045:Brennabor
934:AT Cycles
227:12–14 PS
1187:Babycare
1131:Schwalbe
1085:Wanderer
1080:Victoria
1055:Hoffmann
994:Prophete
979:Kalkhoff
944:Corratec
806:2460 cc
782:1957 cc
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686:2460 cc
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332:2025 cc
289:1592 cc
267:1328 cc
180:2 Reihe
141:ZF Group
36:bicycles
1111:Rohloff
1033:Defunct
984:Kettler
959:Diamant
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917:German
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183:904 cc
54:History
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1070:Simson
1019:Utopia
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