Alois Barmettler

Alois Barmettler
legal form
founding	1978
resolution	1993 or 1999
Seat	Buochs , Switzerland
management	Alois Barmettler
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Alois Barmettler was a Swiss manufacturer of automobiles . The brand name was Albar .

Company history

Alois Barmettler, who was already manufacturing and selling buggies under the Beach Buggy brand between 1962 and 1966 , founded the company that bore his name in Buochs in 1978 and began producing automobiles that were available both complete and as kits . Production ended in 1993 or 1999. Barmettler also sold Custoca vehicles in Switzerland.

vehicles

Albar buggy

Albar Jet from 1978

The company manufactured buggies and coupes based on the VW Beetle . Initially, the original chassis was used. A lattice frame was used later . The vehicles had plastic bodies. In later years, replicas of various vehicles such as the Ferrari F 40 , Ferrari F 50 , Lamborghini Countach , Porsche 356 and Porsche 959 were offered.

Model overview

• Buggies
• Albar Jet , Coupe
• Albar Sonic , introduced in 1982, coupé with gullwing doors and a rear spoiler similar to the rear spoiler of the Lamborghini Countach
• Albar Spider , engine from Porsche with 120 hp
• Albar Sonic GT , on the 1984 Geneva Motor Show on display, engine from VW Golf with 1,800 cc engine capacity
• Super convertible , based on a VW Beetle convertible , engine from Porsche, oil cooler , rear spoiler and flared fenders (conversion costs 10,000 DM )
• Albar Sonic , from 1991 with built-in engine from Renault

Distribution in Germany

From 1980 the Cartop GmbH Albar from Bergisch Gladbach sold the vehicles in Germany .

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Albar.
• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 24. (English)

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 24. (English)
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Albar.