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. Pierre Brissonnet was the owner of the ''Garage Renouvier'' in the Rue de Renouvier in

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. He built

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s between 1930 and 1935. Designer of the cars was a certain Renaud. The cars had

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and a

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with 350 cc.Burgess Wise 2004, p. 527. The cars raced at the Bol d'Or.

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References

* Burgess Wise, David (2004). ''The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles''. Greenwich Editions. Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of France Cyclecars