Ateliers de Construction des Motocycles et Automobiles

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Vespa 400

Ateliers de Construction des Motocycles et Automobiles , previously Ateliers de Construction des Motocycles et Accessories , ACMA for short , was a French manufacturer of automobiles and scooters .

Company history

The company from Fourchambault was founded in 1949 as a subsidiary of Piaggio . Scooters were manufactured there. Between 1958 and 1961 the company also manufactured a model of a car . The brand name was Vespa . The company closed in 1962.

cars

The only model was the Vespa 400 . This was a mini car . A total of about 34,000 copies were made.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
  • René Bellu: Les voitures françaises des années 50th Editions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1983, ISBN 2-85922-032-1 . (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 8. Toutes les voitures françaises 1958. Salon 1957. Histoire & Collections, Paris 1998. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 21. Toutes les voitures françaises 1959. Salon 1958. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2002. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 15. Toutes les voitures françaises 1960. Salon 1959. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2000. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 17. Toutes les voitures françaises 1961. Salon 1960. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2000. (French)

Web links

Commons : ACMA  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  2. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .