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Obviously not a Gobron-Brillié bus, but one built by Automobiles Eugène Brillié, Paris. This company was established after Eugène Brillié had left Gobron-Brillié in 1903. It focused on buses, at first with opposite piston engines Eugène Brillié had designed for Gobron-Brillié, and later by Schneider & Cie, which backed Brillié, and also did manufacturing of the buses in their Le Havre plant following Eugène Brillié's layout. Brand names were Brillié and Brillié-Schneider.

The Compagnie générale des omnibus of Paris (CGO) extensively tried Brillié P2 buses between 8 and 24 December, 1905, using a line Place de la Bourse - Cours la Reine as a "test track". Subsequently, 150 buses were ordered. They were delivered in batches of 90 and 60 units, with the first put into service 11 June, 1906.--Chief tin cloud (talk) 19:37, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]