AFA (automobile)

AFA 1943 car, the only car that remains exhibited at mNACTEC.

The Aymerich Fábrica de Automoviles (AFA) was a Spanish automobile manufactured between 1943 and 1944.

Cabriolet

Little is known about the marque other than that a few (1 or 2) 5cv 4-cylinder cabriolets were built by Joan Aymerich Casanoves in Barcelona. The AFA was powered by a four-stroke 527 cc engine that produced Template:Cvt at 3,500 rpm. The AFA microcar had a manual transmission with four gears with a top speed of Template:Cvt. The AFA prototype was registered in Barcelona in April 1943, with the registration number B-72.107 and its patent number was 159,882. The company exhibited at the Template:Lang in Madrid on July 10, 1944.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

• Dimensions and weights:
  • Length: Template:Cvt
  • Width: Template:Cvt
  • Height: Template:Cvt
  • Weight: Template:Cvt
  • Load: Template:Cvt
• Maximum speed: Template:Cvt
• Consumption: Template:Cvt with 6 L
• Acceleration: Template:Cvt in 50 seconds

In 2008, a son of Joan Aymerich contacted the mNACTEC, Terrassa, which took the only remaining car and restored it. After three years of restoration work, the AFA is now on exhibition in the Transport collection at mNACTEC.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Joan Aymerich Casanoves

In 1935, Casanoves had created the failed "National Ruby" car, due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War he was not able to go to production. But his experience served as the basis for the AFA. Casanoves hoped to make 100 cars annually, but only produced one or two cars. He died in 1946, and the car project was then abandoned in 1947.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

• Automotive industry in Spain

References

• Companies Based in Barcelona, LIFE JOURNEY, 2013Template:Full citation needed
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