The Astra, Little Horse, was an English car built by a subsidiary of British Anzani of Hampton Hill, Middlesex from 1954 until 1959. [2] At GBP348 it claimed to be the smallest and cheapest four-wheeler on the British market. The car had originally been built by …

British Anzani acquired the Little Horse from financially-troubled JARC in 1956. Anzani established the Astra subsidiary and moved production to Hampden Hill. Outward changes were limited to the placement of Astra badges on the nose and fenders.

Launched in July 1956, the British Anzani Astra Utility was billed as the UK's smallest and cheapest four-wheeled car, with its asking price of just £347 including purchase tax. Bumpers were an extra-cost option and there was just a single …

When motor cycle production slowed Anzani went into light car production and in 1954 a subsidiary division developed the Astra. This small utility vehicle had been designed and produced originally by JARC Motors of Isleworth and known then as the Little Horse but lack of funds meant the production rights were sold off.

Anzani was an engine manufacturer founded by the Italian Alessandro Anzani (1877-1956). The company produced proprietary engines for aircraft, cars, boats, and motorcycles in factories in Britain, France and Italy. In the UK, British Anzani outsourced the manufacture of their engines to Coventry Ordnance Works.

Anzani was an engine manufacturer founded by the Italian Alessandro Anzani (1877–1956), which produced proprietary engines for aircraft, cars, boats, and motorcycles in factories in Britain, France and Italy. From his native Italy, Anzani moved to France where he became involved in cycle racing.

Designed by Italian-French engineer Alessandro Anzani, the aero engines that the company made were renowned for their light weight, high power and utter reliability, most famously powering Louis Bleriot across the English Channel in 1909.

The British Anzani company existed for over 70 years and in that time made engines for everything from aeroplanes to mowers to powered bicycles, to cars, motorcycles, ploughs and outboards. The history of BA is in some part the history of the 20th century.

These 2-stroke twin motor cycle engines were also adapted to power a number of makes of light microcars, including their own Anzani Astra, Bond Opperman Unicar, Berkeley, Fairthorpe Atom, Peel Manxcar, Powerdrive, and the Gill Getabout.

The Astra was an English car built by a subsidiary of British Anzani of Hampton Hill, Middlesex from 1954 to 1959.[2] At £ 348 (Sterling) it claimed to be the smallest and cheapest four wheeler on the British market. The car had originally been built by …