AFA (automobile)

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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 {{cvt|13|hp|kW}} at 3,500 rpm. The AFA microcar had a manual transmission with four gears with a top speed of {{cvt|85|km/h|mph}}. 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 Exposición Automovilista Nacional in Madrid on July 10, 1944.{{cite web |url=https://www.allcarindex.com/brand/spain/afa |website=allcarindex.com |title=AFA (1942 - 1944) |access-date=2024-12-20}}

Dimensions and weights:
Length: {{cvt|3200|mm|in}}
Width: {{cvt|1,320|mm|in}}
Height: {{cvt|1280|mm|in}}
Weight: {{cvt|530|kg|lb}}
Load: {{cvt|710|kg|lb}}
Maximum speed: {{cvt|85|km/h|mph}}
Consumption: {{cvt|100|km|mi}} with 6 L
Acceleration: {{cvt|0 to 85|km/h|mph}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://mnactec.cat/en/object-detail/HeritageObject/MNACTEC_895781 |title=Aymerich Fábrica de Automoviles (AFA) |website=mNACTEC |access-date=2024-12-20}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.autopasion18.com/HISTORIA-AFA.htm |title=AFA - (1.942) |website=Auto Pasion 18 |access-date=2024-12-20 |language=es-SP}}

References

Companies Based in Barcelona, LIFE JOURNEY, 2013{{full citation needed|date=September 2024}}
{{cite book |first=George Nick |last=Georgano |title=The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile |volume=1: A–F |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers |location=Chicago |year=2001 |isbn=1-57958-293-1}}{{page needed|date=September 2024}}

Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Spain

Category:Companies based in Barcelona

Category:Cars introduced in 1943

Category:Cars discontinued in 1944

Category:Cars of Spain

AFA (automobile)

Cabriolet

Joan Aymerich Casanoves

See also

References