Vesta

The Vesta was a short-lived Brunanter car company active in the 1930s and 1940s.

History
Vesta was founded in 1893 as the Vesta Motorized Bicycle Co. in Middleton before moving to Cape Cross in 1901. Vesta made motorcycles into the 1960s.

In 1934 Vesta wanted to get into the car market. After years of planning and design the Vesta "A" was presented in 1939. This was an aluminum-bodied car and one of the first in the world. High costs and the German occupation prevented production of this car. In 1948 the Vesta finally entered production as the "B", albeit without an aluminum bodies. Priced at Th. 9,000, it was very expensive and only 10 sold in the first year. Vestas were nonetheless excellent machines and very safe. Between 1949 and 1951 only 76 cars were sold. In 1952 a Vespa "C" as designed, but only two cars were produced and sold.

In 1955 the Vespa factory and remaining parts were purchased by businessman Felix Standner who set about producing the "Standner Aero". It was priced very cheaply, at Th. 6500 but Standner lost a lot of money and could only produce about 30 cars/year. In March 1957 production of this car was stopped.