Gobron-Brillié

[1] The original company, Societé des Moteurs Gobron-Brillié, was founded by the French engineer, Eugène Brillié, and industrialist, Gustave Gobron, at 13, quai de Boulogne, Boulogne-sur-Seine, near Paris, in 1898.

Brillié had developed an unusual type of internal-combustion engine, with two opposed pistons within each cylinder.

The cars were also built, under licence, in France as La Nanceene, and in Belgium as the Gobron-Nagant, and Botwoods of Ipswich sold them in England as Teras.

In 1922, the design was changed to using a more conventional 1.5-litre Chapuis-Dornier engine, and was additionally marketed under the name of Stabilia, but it sold badly.

Schneider progressively took more control of the company, and abandoned the fabrication touring cars, preferring to develop the utility vehicles market.

During the First World War, in December 1915, a meeting between Colonel Estienne and Brillié took place to elaborate a tank project.