Private company
Satra
Defunct US international trading and metal processing company
Satra Corporation was a US trading and metal processing company. It is primarily known in the United Kingdom for its Satra Motors Limited subsidiary, which was the official importer and distributor of Soviet Union cars and motorcycles in that country from 1973 to 1979. Satra is an acronym for "Soviet American Trade Association".2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Satra Corporation was a US trading and metal processing company. It is primarily known in the United Kingdom for its Satra Motors Limited subsidiary, which was the official importer and distributor of Soviet Union cars and motorcycles in that country from 1973 to 1979. Satra is an acronym for "Soviet American Trade Association".2
Products and brands
- motorcycle
Listed on Wikidata.1
Satra Motors imported, modified, and distributed Soviet cars, such as Lada and Moskvich, and motorcycles made by Ural, Dnepr, Voskhod, Minsk, and the IZh whose Planeta and Jupiter were marketed. The motorcycles were sold in Britain and Australia under a single brand name, Cossack.
Satra Motors was based in Carnaby, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire on the old airfield.
From Wikipedia’s article on Satra, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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- 1WikidataSatra on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaSatra on Wikipedia
- 3WikipediaSatra on Wikipedia (revision used)