Before they produced 3-wheelers they produced kit forms for many cars of which they were most well known for their kit form of the Cobra replica . Breibo came from the names of the companies founders, John Berry and Peter Ibbotson. John Berry also produced a BRA CX3 Super Sports 3-wheeler that was a modern interpretation of the classic 1930's 3-wheeler Morgan.

In 1996 when Berry and Ibbotson retired David Wiles and James Mather brought the CX3 project  and along with the BRA name they continued to produce the CX3 under a new wave of promotion in Flintshire (UK). The CX3 is powered by either a Honda CX500 or CX650 water-cooled v-twin motorcycle engine which provides power to the single rear wheel by a shaft drive.  The body of the vehicle is made from aluminium alloy body panels that are attached to a 16swg steel tubing chassis. In the latter part of 1997 James Mather and David Wiles designed the BRA CV3 which when launched at the Stafford Kit Car Show in March 1998 became an instant success.

The CV3 is powered by the Citroen 2CV/Dyane flat twin air-cooled 600cc engine. Unlike the CX3 power is  provided to the front wheels.  The body is 16swg aluminium alloy sheet attached to a 16swg steel tubing chassis. The CV3 therefore is more of a touring machine when compared to its high reving CX3 counterpart.

BRA CX3. (My thanks to David Wiles for allowing me to use this image from the BRA web site and for the information on this page)

BRA CV3 (My thanks to Chris Chamberlain for this photograph of his vehicle.)