AutoCult Brütsch Pfeil (1956) (Germany)

About the Original:

The Fiberglass Arrow

In 1951, after he had gained a lot of experience in Motorsport, the Swabian Egon Brütsch was starting his own small car production.

He devoted himself to the development of small automobiles and was entering a new way with the production of a car body made of fiberglass, which was completely new in the young Federal Republic of Germany.

After his type Zwerg, Brütsch 200 and Mopetta, a small vehicle, named “Pfeil”, followed in 1956. A 13 hp Lloyd-engine was powering the four-wheeled Pfeil and could accelerate it to 110 km/h. Although the optic was showing a simple and smooth sporty two-seater convertible, the Pfeil did not meet the spirit of the time in the 1950s. This also could not overplay the constructive finesse of the two-part fiber glass body. The doorless roadster had a soft top as roof covering. The windscreen was only equipped with a wiper on the driver´s side and could be folded to the front. Egon Brütsch was vainly trying to find licensees for his type Pfeil and also the slogan “sleek, sporty-elegant” in the leaflet could hardly encourage the customers to buy. So that the total number of produced examples was only 8 pieces.

Egon Brütsch kept on to further experimenting with following constructions, but he did not come to a success as a car´s manufacturer. As finally his financial background was completely exhausted, the 54-year old man definitely turned his back on his failed construction of small vehicles in autumn 1958.