About the marque
- Founded
- 1978 – 1993
- Headquarters
- Buochs, Switzerland
Alois Barmettler began building Albar vehicles at Buochs in 1978 after developing dune-buggy and cross-country conversions based on the Volkswagen Beetle. In the early 1980s he introduced the Austrian-bodied Jet coupé, sold as Strato in Austria. The open Sonic followed in 1982 on a purpose-built space frame rather than a Beetle floorpan, with later versions using Volkswagen inline-four or Renault 25 engines; a fixed-head coupé expanded the Sonic family. The documented company period extends through 1993.
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