Bama

Bama was a French cyclecar manufacturer founded by Charles Barrelier in Asnières, in the Seine department near Paris.

The company's principal product was a very light three-wheeled cyclecar, notable for its resemblance to a bath chair. Power came from a rear-mounted 285cc flat-twin engine. Unusually for such a small and modest vehicle, the design employed shaft drive to a rear axle equipped with a differential, rather than the simpler chain or belt drive typical of cyclecars of the era. The car's performance was correspondingly modest, with a top speed of around 22 mph (35 km/h).

Bama's output reflected the wider trend in early twentieth-century France toward minimalist, inexpensive personal transport, built to provide basic mobility rather than speed or comfort.