Brütsch

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company_name = Egon Brütsch Fahrzeugbau
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company_type = Private
foundation = 1950
location = Stuttgart, Germany
key_people = Egon Brütsch
"Chairman and Managing Director"
industry = Automotive design
products = Automobiles
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Egon Brütsch Fahrzeugbau, usually shortened to Brütsch, was a German automotive design and automaker based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg.

Brütsch were best known for producing a large number of different microcar designs, but only produced small numbers of each design and the primary function of the company appears to have been that of the development and promotion of each design to sell licences to manufacture to other companies.

Between 1952 and 1958, eleven different models of car were manufactured by Brütsch, but the total production of all models by the company is believed to be only eighty-one cars.

Many of the bodywork designs were simple two-piece mouldings of polyester reinforced with fiberglass, bonded at a waistline join, which was then covered by a protective strip. Chassis and suspension design was very rudimentary and after a misguided court action in 1956 by Brütsch against a licensee, at least one of Brütsch's designs was condemned as dangerous.The abbreviated chassis's used on the majority of the cars meant that for structural integrity they could not have doors and all these models had low sides to facilitate entry and exit.

Brütsch 200 "Spatz" or dreirad-dreisitzer 1954-1955

A 3-seater, 3-wheeled roadster, powered by a single cylinder 191 cc Fichtel & Sachs engine driving through a four speed gearbox. Top speed was around Auto kmh|90 and about five cars were produced. Also built under licence by A. Grünhut & Co of Switzerland with minor changes and sold as the Belcar. Another licence was sold to Alzmetall for production by Harald Friedrich GmbH of Germany, but so many faults were found with the original design that their production model, the Spatz Kabinenroller was fundimentally a different car. Because of this Brütsch took Alzmetall to court to ensure payment of his licence fees but lost the case.

Brütsch Zwerg 1955-1957

A 2-seater, 3-wheeled roadster, powered by a single cylinder 191 cc Fichtel & Sachs engine driving through a four speed gearbox. Top speed was around Auto kmh|85 and twelve cars were produced. Also built under licence by Air Tourist Sàrl of France with minor changes and sold as the Avolette.

Brütsch Zwerg - Einsitzer 1955-1956

A single seat, 3-wheeled roadster, powered by a single cylinder 74 cc DKW Hobby scooter engine driving through a continuously variable transmission. Top speed was around Auto kmh|65 and four cars were produced.

Brütsch Mopetta 1956-1958

A single seat, 3-wheeled roadster, powered by a single cylinder 49 cc Fichtel & Sachs engine driving through a three speed gearbox. Top speed was around Auto kmh|45 and fourteen cars were produced. Production was licensed to former Opel dealer Georg von Opel, who planned to build the Mopetta at a former Horex motorcycle factory, however this plan appears to have resulted in nothing more than the production of sales literature.

Brütsch Rollera 1956-1958

A single seat, 3-wheeled roadster, powered by a single cylinder 98 cc Fichtel & Sachs engine driving through a three speed gearbox. Top speed was around Auto kmh|80 and eight cars were produced. Also built under licence by Air Tourist Sàrl of France.

Brütsch Bussard 1956-1958

A 2-seater, 3-wheeled roadster, powered by a single cylinder 191 cc Fichtel & Sachs engine driving through a four speed gearbox. Top speed was around Auto kmh|95 and eleven cars were produced.

Brütsch Pfeil 1956-1958

A 2-seater, 4-wheeled roadster, powered by a twin cylinder 386 cc Lloyd engine driving through a three speed gearbox. Top speed was around Auto kmh|110 and six cars were produced.

Brütsch V2 1956-1958

A 2-seater, 4-wheeled roadster. Powered by either a single cylinder 98 cc Fichtel & Sachs engine giving a top speed around Auto kmh|65 or a single cylinder 247 cc Maico engine giving a top speed around Auto kmh|100. Both versions had a four speed gearbox and in total twelve cars were produced.

Brütsch V2-N 1958

A 2-seater, 4-wheeled roadster with doors. Powered by a twin cylinder 479 cc Fiat 500 engine driving through a four speed gearbox. Top speed was around Auto kmh|125 and three cars were produced. This model was developed for potential Indonesian licensee NGO, but the project eventually came to nothing.

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