Georges Richard

Société des Anciens Établissements Georges Richard
legal form
founding	1897
resolution	1902
Reason for dissolution	Foundation of the new company Richard-Brasier
Seat	Ivry Port near Paris
management	Georges Richard, Maxime Richard and Henri Brasier
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

The Société des Anciens Établissements Georges Richard was a French automobile manufacturer from Ivry-Port , a suburb of Paris .

Company history

The brothers Georges Richard and Maxime Richard founded the company in 1897. In 1901 they hired the automobile designer Henri Brasier. When Henri Brasier gained more influence, they founded the new Richard-Brasier company together in early 1903 .

Overview

• 1897–1902 Société des Anciens Établissements Georges Richard by Georges Richard, Maxime Richard and from 1901 Henri Brasier
• 1903–1904 Richard-Brasier by Georges Richard and Henri Brasier
• 1905–1940 Unic by Georges Richard, from 1922 George Dubois
• 1905–1926 Société des Automobiles Brasier by Henri Brasier
• 1926–1930 Chaigneau-Brasier

vehicles

The company initially manufactured vehicles based on the Benz Velo . From 1900 models with a front engine followed under license from Vivinus . Brasier developed new two-cylinder and four-cylinder models , but these were not manufactured by the successor company until 1903.

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  Georges Richard, supposedly from 1894

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  Georges Richard from 1897

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  Georges Richard from 1900

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  Georges Richard from 1900

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  Georges Richard 1901

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  Georges Richard from 1902

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 (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
• George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)

Web links

Commons : Georges Richard  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• GTÜ Society for Technical Surveillance mbH (accessed on February 24, 2013)
• Brighton-Early.com (accessed August 2, 2009)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
2. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.