About the marque
- Founded
- 1913 – 1919
- Country
- Belgium
Portuguese brothers Alfredo and Henrique Dias Teixeira sought industrial capacity abroad and acquired a factory at Trooz, Belgium, with Léonard Lequarré in 1913. Their Ateliers Teixeira Automobiles marketed cars as ATA and presented the Portuguese-oriented design at Porto's first motor show in 1914. The range comprised 8, 12, 16 and 20 CV four-cylinder models from 1,470 to 4,071 cc. War halted manufacture during 1914 after approximately twenty-five vehicles or orders. Mathieu van Roggen of Imperia assumed control in 1918 and ATA was dissolved in 1919; cars advertised in the Netherlands in 1920 were residual stock, not evidence of restarted production.
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