Brekina was founded in the southern German city of Umkirch in 1979 and the following year it began producing 1:87 scale plastic modelcars. Their first item was a 1930s Opel P4, but the company soon would focus on vehicles from the 1950s to 1970s. Brekina has become one of the largest manufacturers of 1:87 scale models, in 2018 Brekina was taken over by Model Car World.