Company overview
Albar was a Swiss car manufacturer founded in 1978. Alois Barmettler initiated the company’s operations in Buochs, Switzerland. He previously produced Dune Buggies and cross-country conversions utilizing Volkswagen Beetle components. From the early 1980s, Albar produced a coupé with a two-seat fiberglass body. These vehicles were marketed as the Albar Jet in Switzerland and the Strato in Austria. Beginning in 1982, the company developed an open-top model called the Sonic. This design moved away from using Beetle floor panels and incorporated a space frame structure. Later models utilized either Volkswagen Straight-4 or Renault 25 engines, and a fixed-head coupé version was also produced.
