{{no footnotes, date=August 2021
The Alta A200 was a three-wheel passenger car introduced in 1968, produced by Alta, a
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...
vehicle manufacturer. The car was largely based on the German
Fuldamobil
Fuldamobil is the name of a series of small cars produced by ''Elektromaschinenbau Fulda GmbH'' of Fulda, Germany, and ''Nordwestdeutscher Fahrzeugbau'' (NWF) of Wilhelmshaven between 1950 and 1969. Various designated versions of the car were ...
(licence produced in Greece by
Attica
Attica (, ''Attikḗ'' (Ancient Greek) or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the entire Athens metropolitan area, which consists of the city of Athens, the capital city, capital of Greece and the core cit ...
), but it was an altogether more modern design. Powered by a
Heinkel
Heinkel Flugzeugwerke () was a German aircraft manufacturing company founded by and named after Ernst Heinkel. It is noted for producing bomber aircraft for the Luftwaffe in World War II and for important contributions to high-speed flight, wit ...
200 cc engine, the car had modest success in the Greek market and was soon considered outdated. Produced until 1974, it is often cited as the last derivative of the ''Fuldamobil'' and is seen by many as a collectible item.
References
* L.S. Skartsis and G.A. Avramidis, "Made in Greece", Typorama, Patras, Greece (2003).
*
G.N. Georgano
George Nicolas "Nick" Georgano (29 February 1932 – 22 October 2017Nick Georgano Alvis Archive Bl ...
(Ed.), "The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to Present", E.P. Dutton, New York (1982).
* M. Sedgwick, "Cars of the Fifties and Sixties", Crescent Books (1990).
* Automobil Revue/Revue Automobile (1971 ed.)