Atla (automobile)

A.T.L.A. was a French manufacturer of automobiles.

Company History

Jacques Durand founded the company in 1957 at Garches. He was assisted by Charles Cusson, who designed the chassis, and Jean Schwab, who was responsible for sales. 1958 began the production of automobiles. The brand name was Atla. The vehicles were both completely as also available as a kit. 1960 production ended. A total of 27 vehicles emerged.

Rolling stock

In the offer, the models were 750 and 850 These were small sports car. The peculiarity of the small coupes were the plastic body and the wing doors. With a wheelbase of 220 cm and a track width of 125 cm, the vehicle was 385 cm long, 150 cm wide and 125 cm high. The empty weight was 495 kg, depending on the engine to 510 kg. The total cost vehicles in 1958, depending on the engine between 860,000 and 950,000 French Franc Franc.

21 vehicles received four-cylinder engines from Renault with either 750 cc or 850 cc. The engine was mounted in the rear and powered the rear axle.

In the 6 included a two-cylinder engine of 850 cc capacity with Panhard was mounted. These models possessed front engine and front wheel drive.