HBR (1950)

Charles Deutsch and Rene Bonnet started with a Citroën-engined racing car before the war.

After the war they made a few more racing cars with Citroën engines but quickly turned to Panhard-engined `Racer 500s', following those successful cars with a larger version, the `Monomille' 750cc, built in sufficient numbers to justify their own junior formula in France.

They also made some Panhard-engined sports-touring cars with glass-fibre bodies and engines from 850cc to 1300cc. After the end of their association in 1961 the two men made cars under two different names, CD and René Bonnet.

Racer 500 (1951)

(Vintage European Automobiles)