Production chronology1960
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Balkan1200 Prototype
Production1960
Recorded originBulgaria
ClassTwo-door compact passenger-car prototype
First Bulgarian-designed passenger-car project, developed largely on the Lovech former aircraft factory's own initiative in the late 1950s and publicly presented on 1 May 1960. Full design documentation, scale models and running prototypes were prepared, drawing mechanically on Volkswagen foundations, but state authorities did not approve series manufacture.
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Research notes
A very small experimental series/prototype group was constructed; accessible sources do not agree on an exact completed count.