AFA

AFA was a small Spanish automobile manufacturer founded by Juan Aymerich Casanovas in Barcelona. The venture emerged during the difficult years of World War II, when it aimed to produce a car built entirely with Spanish resources and components, a notable ambition given the economic and material constraints of the period.

The only model developed under the AFA name was a compact two-seater powered by a 5/13hp four-cylinder monobloc engine. The car featured a simple chassis design with leaf spring suspension, reflecting the modest engineering approach suited to the limited industrial capacity available at the time.

Aymerich Casanovas envisioned an annual production run of around 100 vehicles, a modest but hopeful target for a wartime Spanish automaker. However, the company was unable to move beyond the prototype stage, and only a handful of test vehicles were ever completed.

AFA's brief existence illustrated the broader challenges faced by small independent carmakers in Spain during the 1940s, when material shortages and economic instability made sustained automobile production exceedingly difficult. The brand did not survive beyond its initial prototypes and left no lasting production legacy.