Braun (automobile manufacturer)

August Braun, First Austrian Motor Vehicle Factory
legal form
founding	1899
resolution	1910
Seat	Vienna , Austria-Hungary
management	August Braun
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Braun from 1900

August Braun, Erste Österreichische Motorfahrzeugfabrik, was a manufacturer of automobiles from Austria-Hungary .

Company history

The company of August Braun and Wilhelm Stift from Vienna began producing automobiles in 1899. Wilhelm Stift left the company in late 1900 to found the Celeritas automobile factory . Production ended in 1910.

vehicles

The first model had a single cylinder -Frontmotor of De Dion-Bouton , front-wheel drive and resembled the Parisienne . In 1900 models followed with different concepts, with a front engine, with the engine under the seat and with a rear engine.

A vehicle of this brand was on view in 2000 in the Automobile and Motorcycle Museum Austria in Gramatneusiedl .

literature

Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
George Nick Georgano : Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)

Web links

Commons : Braun - Collection of images, videos and audio files

GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on July 7, 2013)