After WWI
Following the outbreak of peace, production was resumed in 1919 with a 3404 cc model.
By 1920 Brasier were displaying two models in their high-profile show room, not far from the Place de la Concorde at the prestigious eastern end of the Champs-Élysées[1][5] The smaller of these was a 4-cylinder 3,392 cc (18 CV/HP) engined car with a choice between two wheelbase lengths of either 3300 mm or 3420 mm.[1] The larger car was fitted with a 6-cylinder 5,325 cc (30 CV/HP) and sat on an impressive 3650 mm chassis.[1] The cars were priced by the manufacturer respectively at 22,500 francs and 40,000 francs in bare chassis form, with tires included.[1]
In October 1924 the Brasier stand at the 19th Paris Motor Show was, as in earlier years, prominently positioned in the central part of the display area, but by now Henri Brasier had switched away from the very large cars he had produced in the immediate post-war years, and was offering the "Brasier Type TB4", launched in 1923[6] and powered by a 4-cylinder 2,062 cc (12 CV/HP) engine, set on a wheelbase of only 3100 mm.[7] The currency had continued to lose value following the end of the war and this model was listed at 40,000 francs for a "Torpedo" bodied car and 45,000 francs for a "Conduite interieure" (two-box sedan/saloon/berline) version.[7] By this time, however, the company's market-place presence was being progressively eaten into by other, more focused and forward thinking auto-makers.[6]
The cars made after 1926 are known under the name of Chaigneau-Brasier, after the company was bought by the Chaigneau family who had been bicycle makers.[8] The first car made by the new company was the TD-4, a 9 CV 4-cylinder model available as a tourer or saloon.[8] The company appears to have sought a return to its "luxury car" strategy of ten years earlier, now combined with elements of technical innovation for which its traditional customers had not been prepared, introducing a 3-litre OHC-engined front-wheel drive car, described by one commentator as "Utopian", in 1928[6] An even larger model followed in 1930.[6][9] In view of the severe economic downturn crystallised by the Wall Street crash of October 1929, the timing of this venture was unfortunate.[6] The new large Chaigneau-Brasiers attracted plenty of interest at the annual Paris Motor Shows. A journalist described the 3-litre car of 1928 as sitting on "le châssis le plus moderne du salon [1928]" ("the most modern chassis at the 1928 Paris motor show") but it turned out that the car displayed was only a prototype, and it is not clear if any were actually produced for sale.
