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Since I was a child, I was concerned with the automotive industry in Greece, unfortunately in those days my only sources of information were the people, really pessimistic stubborn people who told me that Greece wasn ta car manufacturer country and although I grew up watching the buses and even cars sometimes with some Greek brand names on them as ELBO or Sarakakis including all responses on adults were not Grigory, we don t make cars in Greece these names are importers same answers as it is all false friends, Greece didnt industry revenues only are tourism and comments to these responses is BS as bull although my disappointment disappeared to be there after 10 years a pubescent when a car magazine has reached my hands, it was dedicated to the ELBO vehicle manufacturing industry located in Thessaloniki, where plupa rt buses we have today in Athens or Thessaloniki, as well as in many countries of the Balkans, parts of Italy markets in Eastern Europe and even far away as Singapore Latin America and the Middle East with the old models built in a 100 not only assembled but made in Greece by Greek companies After that and to this day with the help of my internet research on the issue continued and I can tell you guys and everybody makes Greece Indeed motor vehicles.
Although our share in the market of international automobile is not large and even in Greece competition with foreign brands is difficult some of our brands are still alive and some of them holding great promise if currently the main production focus on buses, jeeps, trucks and rural vehicles there are plans to start doing again cars, not foreign cars designed, but Greek, as in the past, there's even a big sports car designed and made in 1992 that you will not believe your eyes when a few lines below, you will be looking at his image.
Finally before ending it, perhaps for some people, boring introduction I had to express, believe me now I feel better, I must emphasize that this great guide is divided into brands and there are many of them by road and from its earliest days, given that Greece believes or not was involved in the 1918 products industry even before some of the most advanced countries nowadays quite well for now, let's go to the brass things The funny part, enjoy.
Theologou full name appearing on vehicle badges were Theologou N was one of the first vehicles in Greece manufaturers It was created by Nikos Theologou, a Greek engineer who had lived and worked in the United States and founded the company after his return to Athens, Greece between 1918 and 1920, he designed and built a lightweight car with a motorcycle engine 750 cc single Pierce built its business, however, produces a variety of bus and truck bodies, mainly Ford chassis in the 1920s.
BIAMAX may have been best known Greek automaker, being at the same time one of the largest Greek companies at the time with three plants in Athens, where its headquarters, Thessaloniki and Larissa, employing over 2000 and several other facilities auxiliary throughout the country except for a large Greek company BIAMAX has become a leading industry in this country, particularly in the areas of quality assurance, technical training, process documentation and development the research.
Although its main activity was the manufacture of vehicles, some of its subsidiaries are also involved in areas such as tourism services, exports of agricultural products and shipping.
The company of the same name was founded in 1956, the name which reflects its original activity, as it started with the production of bus bodies on Mercedes-Benz chassis BIAMAX means Biomihania Amaxomaton or vehicle body construction; the name was retained although the company has quickly become a complete vehicle producer First chassis developed by BIAMAX was introduced in 1961. In the same year, the famous R series of long-distance coaches and buses has been implemented the one of the first bus models chassisless in the world, it was a technical feat involing new approaches suspension ELSEWHERE, developed by engineers at Rizos who lent his first name to the series and I Dracoulis who was responsible for his very elegant, clean design intercity bus models R495 and R514 coach became common sites in the country, creating the BIAMAX brand in 1962, a trolleybus was introduced Electricals EGC, only one was built, serving Athens for years.
The very successful series F of city and intercity buses bearing the original name Fostiropoulos, a designation used earlier and was introduced in 1968 using a ladder type chassis developed by BIAMAX.
The most common product types were the F530 and F580, with several variants of the body for a variety of end uses Meanwhile BIAMAX kept the production of a wide range of bodies for buses and trucks, rolling stock, assembly 4x4's and tractors etc. with thousands of vehicles out of its factories, many of which have been exported to many countries, mainly in Europe, the types of Asia and Africa R580 can be seen working hard on that date the Middle East, in fact, the legendary reliability of BIAMAX bus may be declared by the large number of surviving examples, most of them in excellent working condition the company is facing difficulties in the early 1980s, when some Middle east markets have been lost, but mostly because of a new law allowing the import of buses used in Greece is quickly stopped their activities s, focusing on the import and distribution of vehicles since 1999 all trading activities stopped as well, and the company has been around as a real estate management company.
Advanced technical beauty Biamax R514 model 1961.
Also designed by Dracoulis Biamax F600 trolley model 1962.
Sfakianakis group of companies is a Greek conglomerate with a wide range of activities that employ in 2005 over 1600 in three countries; its origins were based on the vehicle manufacturing was founded in 1961 succeeding previous commercial companies founded by the same family organ building First on imported chassis, it soon developed its own chassis family was subsequently developed standing for Stratis Sfakianakis frame SS500 SS of society, and a wide variety of bus types has been designed and built over in the years that followed, the limited exports to Eastern Europe and the Middle east Other activities included industrial truck body construction and Japanese Hino chassis assembly the company was renamed Sfakianakis SA in 1993 and among the last types he designed and produced the SS400 and SS380 were minibuses and a new round of inter SS500 variants -town and coach industrial division Sfakianakis had managed to survive for décenni are without any state support, despite strong competition from imports; a flood of cheaper imports, though, eventually made the production of unprofitable products buses ended in February 2006, after the group had very successfully diversified into other sectors, including sale and importation of vehicles and services.
Sfakianakis Police Bus, one of the many specialized types developed for the state authorities and organizations.
Group Saracakis companies Brothers is a major Greek commercial and industrial group for two decades a traditional competitor Biamax them the two companies practically dominated the bus market in Greece Two of the most talented Greek vehicles engineers who had worked for Biamax, A Rizos I also worked for Dracoulis Saracakis, Dracoulis who designed the distinctive company logo, recognizable all over the country.
Ioannis Saracakis started its business in Thessaloniki in 1923 the import and sale of vehicles and vehicle parts 1941 the headquarters was moved to Athens, where the Group was formally established in 1954 the production of chassis bus bodies imports started in 1962, but in 1966, the company introduced its own chassis developed.
From there, all proper frame types Saracakis have designations beginning with standing SB for Saracakis Brothers the first being the SB55 line, on which a variety of city and intercity buses were developed, followed by SB556, SB85 and SB95 His first chassisless bus type was the 1974 SBAV, a type improved over the years to the innovative SBAV90 1990 exports were also made, mainly in the Middle East in addition to building complete vehicles that included light trucks with three wheels, the company has remained a major bus and truck body manufacturer, assembly also s 4x4, tractors, motorcycles, construction equipment, etc.
The company has first articulated low floor buses in the world.
Saracakis survived the storm of the forthcoming opening of the 1980s the market to use imports that nearly decimated the Greek commercial vehicle industry but its business to import and trade became predominant building complete vehicles stopped but body production continues to this day, on a limited scale.
Namco the stubborness of those guys is funny, but also optimistic.
Namco Company National Motor Greece is a Greek automaker, created by Kontogouris Brothers who have been in the automotive industry since the 1950s.
Early efforts light trucks built Brothers involved Kontogouris called Hellas in Germany In 1957, Petros Kontogouris acquired the rights to produce a versatile vehicle technology developed by Dr. Wilfried Fahr, who founded an engineering company in Switzerland in 1961 Kontogouris created their first company called FARCO in Thessaloniki, Greece to produce the vehicle, called Farmobil ironically, this intelligent vehicle has not been certified for the Greek market and all production was exported in several countries worldwide in 1963, the company was bought by Chrysler renamed Chrysler Hellas SA in production in 1967 in Greece was arrested by the US company, and transferred to other countries Meanwhile, ambitious plans in 1961 were made by the Kontogouris Brothers for a new company called Namco with a large factory in Patras, Greece to produce under license of a German design Neckar three wheel truck and other vehicles, but did not materialize.
Namco will resurface in 1972, when a passenger light truck called Pony was introduced at the Fair of Thessaloniki The car, the rather basic technology was designed by Citroen 2CV on a platform in the project global core automotive Indeed, the cars on the same basis were produced worldwide from Iran to Portugal, but the pony became by far the most successful in 1974, Namco began official production business started in a new plant in Thessaloniki pony, helped by a law granting tax breaks for light passenger trucks became an instant success, being the cheapest car in the market and at the same time, a car incredibly robust and practical about a half dozen Greek companies follow the example of Namco with similar gadgets, none, though, came close to the success of gr a Pony and many versions and facelifts followed, keeping the car standards about 30 000 Pony s were produced, while exports to many countries of the world were made through the Citroën network, as the car also carries the Citroën logo.
Namco Milicar 6x6 1978 In 1978, Namco decided to move in other areas, the introduction of a series of highly advanced 4x4 and 6x6 multi-purpose trucks featuring a new suspension system designed Swiss Full range was made for many uses, consisting of AGRICAR, Milicar, Pyrcar vehicles and multi-trac is a bit of a mystery why these advanced vehicles had limited success, only a few have been ordered by the authorities of the same Namco Greek State has designed a number of military vehicles, including armored vehicles and Aquiles Tiger and 4x4's, none of them reached the same stage of complete prototype was argued that it was simply the wrong time, given that Greek State in favor of a state company ELBO for supplies in this period.
Namco Super 1990 model pony pony The first generation was produced until 1983, after the law on the taxation of similar vehicles had been changed plans to manufacture other licensed cars are not made and for a moment it seemed Namco would again be out of business but the company re-surface again with a brand new model, super pony, introduced in 1985 the second generation pony had no connection with the Citroën technology and was a much more modern car with Ford engines, come in many versions 950cc 45hp, 1100cc 55hp, 69hp 1300cc and 1600cc 54 hp diesel in two and arrangements with four doors has been largely developed by Namco, since Inthelco, a German company also involved in the development has been majority owned by Namco upon an ambitious plan was made to export the car to the United States with a Engine 1900CC via Inthelco as Desta at 20 000 a year, however, the costs and the prospects proved to be grossly miscalculated and the plan was abandoned Regardless of how the new and improved Pony, it was still far from the contemporary Greek market needs as consumers increasingly rich and demanding only a few hundred super pony s were built until 1992.
Again, when it seemed that Namco would disappear, the company created a chance for rebirth, as its founders were obstinately attached to the car to do business this way, even if they are diversified in imports and trade of vehicles maintaining Namco alive, they have turned the company into a technology exporter, with the design and construction of vehicles producing miniplants as an antidote, they argued, to giant conglomerates created by globalism with the pony and 4x4 truck technology in 1994, the first product in super license Pony Bulgaria came out of the assembly plant in the country.
Namco is still alive today, in fact represent the tenacity and vision of its creators It is characteristic that the production of super pony and trucks has never officially ended, the company maintains a factory ready to resume Production in fact, a third generation pony great reality Pony with minor improvements was introduced in 2003 Namco Whoever knows the history, can not wait for the next dynamic resurfacing now.
Neorion Neorion my friend, you will be interested in it.
Neorion is one of the most historic Greek engineering companies, located in Ermoupolis, on the Greek island of Syros Today it is one of the few large industrial enterprises in this picturesque city on the island nostalgic which was once the industrial and commercial heart of Greece, before eclipsed by Piraeus in the late 19th century.
Neorion roots go back to a traditional shipyard on the island, known for building ships and boats to be used during the Greek Revolution of 1820, and the design and construction of modern battleships for the new Greek kingdom in the decades that followed the company that survives to this day was legally founded in 1861 to provide technical support to Greek lines Steamship company, which first used in addition to the Greek technical staff, several mechanics W Europe in the 1860s in addition to already produced shipbuilding steam engines, boilers, pumps, heavy guns, and his first steamboat a heavy steam engine of its own design and construction has received attention at exhibitions in an international exhibition in Paris in 1878, while since 1892, the company produced all steamers metals in 1898 Neorion name an ancient Greek word indicating a port facility for repair and ship building has already been adopted in the second half of the 19th century, it is the s econd largest Greek engineering company after the famous machine and Basileiades steam engine manufacturer in Piraeus Neorion other products included a variety of some machines of them exported, engine parts and other specialized metal structures to Greek industry.
In the decades following Neorion face many challenges that lead almost out of business, but managed to survive, remains one of the most important Greek shipyards in 1972, under the ownership of Greek millionaire he acquired Enfield Automotive Ltd, a British company involved in the design and construction of electric cars a new company, Enfield-Neorion PEE was formed, headquartered in Piraeus, and the production base was transferred to Syros vehicles being finished in the United -um a young Greek designer Georgios Michael later credited with the design of several Greek vehicles was employed with the new company E 8000 Bicini with this type of vehicle jeep spelling light introduced in 1973 was a Greek design, but n has not produced due to bureaucratic obstacles created by the Greek tax authorities, related to its electric power in 1974 a develo pure ly Neorion was undertaken to realize a vision of G Goulandris itself, a luxury limousine with a strong hp 4x4 aracter A team of Greek engineers whose Georgios Michael worked in Syros for 8 months, leading to the creation of Chicago, introduced in 1974 the car, built on the chassis base Jeep Wagoneer was extremely controversial, being a huge limo with retro-style, featuring 4x4 core features and was put down even by his own designer indeed Georgios Michael would later describe as mountain dinosaur Today, given the 4x4 cars that have appeared since, and the race of the luxury SUV s, the car does not seem terribly more strange; we might actually dare to say that in a way he was ahead of his time a production line was started, during a change of Greek law condemned the perspectives of the car market two were completed and sold to customers before the company ended in 1976 still survives to this day, exposed to the technological Museum of Thessaloniki.
Neorion shipyards continues its course in 1997, he acquired another major project, Elefsis Shipyards, while diversifying into new areas such as luxury mega-yacht building, and work even outsourcing to aerospace companies and is fully active today in the form of powerful Neorion Group of companies, having entered a new era in its long history.
ELBO standing for Elliniki Biomihania Ohimaton or the Hellenic vehicle trade, is a Greek automaker This company is one that has managed to survive the changes that basically decimated the Greek car industry in the 1980s and 1990s, as he was the only state-owned company in its field.
It was founded in Thessaloniki with the name Steyr Hellas SA and early 1980s, the Austrian company owned a large part of its capital The Greek state has acquired the majority of the company in 1986, when he was ELBO renamed its original activity in the 1970s was the assembly, with the gradual increase of local content, trucks, motorcycles and agricultural tractors.
The orders of the Greek state soon gave momentum to the company as it undertook huge orders for trucks and buses by the Greek army and a number of state authorities and the city some say, the expense of other Greek companies.
The Greek company's first original design was a military bus set up in 1981 the same year he began construction of his own Leonidas armored carrier personnel.
In 1987 ELBO introduced Leonidas-2, Hundreds were built, while a number of different versions have been proposed.
In the years that followed ELBO became a major producer of military and civilian trucks for a variety of uses, military jeeps, customized vehicles and machines and buses, large exports.
ELBO valid buses exported to Singapore in 1996 were welcomed by the press of this country as the first low-floor buses in the region.
A number of ambitious plans for the development of the company and new products does not materialize, as the character of the state of society it linked to the effects of changes in government and mismanagement.
ELBO rather surprised many in 1998, the introduction of an advanced armored infantry fighting vehicle of its own design and development, named Kentaurus However, the vehicle that date has not been ordered by the Greek army because of budget cuts Another step towards original developments was his initiative to create a lightweight sports car, which was awarded to TWT, a Greek German engineering company ELBO Aletis the prototype, an attractive car designed by Pininfarina with Volkswagen engine, was introduced in the Automobil-Ausstellung International in Frankfurt in 2001, but was never produced.
In 2000 ELBO was partially privatized, when the metal band and the Greek Mytilineos has acquired 43 engineering and started the company management The fate of this company into a new era of globalization and intense international competition, depends more on his own creativity and resources.
Petropoulos full name of the company is Petros Petropoulos AEBE is one of the historic Greek engine manufacturers and vehicle It was founded in Thessaloniki in 1922, its origins are even more of a workshop involved in metal processing and manufacturing the church bell, the bell is the company logo on that date, but in 1948 moved its headquarters in Athens Before World War II it has initiated sales of commercial vehicles and engines and rebuilding truck assembly After World War II, he joined the US jeeps and types of trucks, and in 1956, he introduced his own family tractor models Petropoulos -35 and -55, built during the years that were actually based Harvester drawings on US and international fields other models included the engines, it has become one of the leading manufacturers of diesel engines Greek at a given time ed the second largest after Malkotsis, generators, forklifts well-known family Dynalift models and 4x4 trucks - all clean design and intelligent development Its 4x4 Unitrak Polytrak Militrak fami lies was introduced in 1976 and found many uses in the country, including the Greek military Militrak limited number of trucks production stopped in 1984, while the company has successfully diversified into other areas, including imports and services was made an effort in 1994 to resume production of trucks, based on a Swiss design Militrak Bucher Duro II, but the proposed vehicle has not been adopted by the Greek army.
Petropoulos original tractor model introduced in 1956.
Malkotsis is the trade name for Technika AE, which has always been the most important Greek engine manufacturer located in Piraeus, before World War II, he produced various types of industrial machinery and diesel engines In this regard, it was the one of several mainly diesel and semi-diesel manufacturers that flourished in Greece in the 1920s and most of the 1930s, as Dimadis-Kanakis in Volos, Peteinaris in Kalamata, Siderides, BIO, and other Koutroufis Athens, etc. After World War Malkotsis almost entirely focused on diesel engines still on its own development, soon becoming the largest company in its field Malkotsis motors found use in a variety of industrial applications, while its engine models -Power boat became legendary for its reliability EM-4 series has been specifically designed to power vehicles and was used in clean Malkotsis 45 hp tractor model Malkotsis EM-4 introduced in 1962 and produced for years a series of electric motors produced a well the company faces financial problems later because of competition from cheaper imports, and was acquired in 1991 by Drakos-Polemis AE a pump manufacturing company that has used all Malkotsis the infrastructure for its production purposes.
Scavas is the name of the sports car created by the Greek engineer Vassileios Scavas With the valuable experience gained from his work Biamax, he started his first car design in 1969 to undertake the whole vehicle development Scavas 1, a sports car with a 1200cc engine NSU was introduced in 1973, the car has received a license registration, but was not produced its second model, the exotic-looking Scavas strong 2 was introduced in 1992 , and was intended for the production once again, although the car was licensed registration, no license for production was issued by the State, for bureaucratic reasons Scavas 3 1996 never exceeded the design stage.
AK Hellas initials standing the full name of the company, Aggelopoulos Karkanis-OE was a Greek manufacturer of light trucks and other metal products he has designed and produced two types of vehicles - three-wheel 50cc engine, taking advantage of a ranking favorabe as motorcycles under Greek law a model group were light trucks with the direction of the motorcycle structure and control, a vehicle type also produced in Greece by MEBEA by far the most successful, Mego, Alta Saracakis, Pitsos a large manufacturer of household appliances, Markal, Naxos and other the other model group were clean micro truck with a car management structure, commands, etc. It was in this category that AK Hellas has become the largest producer in Greece, leaving MEBEA, Delta product of Attica, minicar, Zamba and other small Greek manufacturers.
The company survives to this day as Aggelopoulos group metal products manufacturing yet.
Attica was the first car brand name products with bioplastic S A company created in Moschato, Athens by Georgios Dimitriadis, an important figure in the history of Attica Greek automobile began producing a passenger car model with three light wheel 200 in 1963.
The model has become very popular in Greece and remember with emotion that date Another Greek company, Alberta, soon asserted market share in the same category, the introduction of a similar vehicle in 1968.
Penthouse 200 was nevertheless produced until 1972. In 1968, bioplastic used Attica 200 design to create a brand of truck Three lightweight wheels named Delta oddly enough, the back half of the 200 became the front half of the Delta, sold with modest success.
In 1977, Dimitriadis created a new automobile company DIM engine to produce the Sun, a new passenger car.
Penthouse 200 at home in the old part of town a Greek province.
Sun Motor Company, a Greek car manufacturer, was established by Georgios Dimitriadis as successor to his business earlier bioplastic 'Who had produced automotive Attica An effort was made this time to design and develop fully its own a modern car.
The model was finally presented at the Geneva Motor Show in 1977 and therefore received more publicity than most Greek vehicles, appearing in numerous international publications Plans were also made for more versions, including a coupe Sport However, due to high costs and poor car prospects in the Greek market and in spite of an effort for the facelift model, the car never achieved real output the entire project was abandoned in 1981 after Georgios Dimitriadis was the last company in the automotive industry.
AutoDiana was a Greek truck manufacturer based in Thessaloniki, in operation between 1975 and 1984. Its main product is Unicar model not to be confused with a bodybuilder Spanish with the same name, a little heavy on the 4x4 versatile truck Search This robust vehicle had a payload of 1500 kg.
His fate, and similar Greek multi-use trucks as Unitrak Petropoulos, Agricola, the Motoemil Autofarma the Balkania Autotractor, Namco AGRICAR and others, was sealed during a change of Greek law in 1984 changed the tax treatment of these agricultural vehicle production ended the same year after a very successful career at customers in the Greek countryside.
Balkania was the trade name of K Zaharopoulos A B E E Greek commercial and industrial company based in Athens which produced Jeep vehicles 4x4 and 4x4 trucks.
In 1975, he developed and introduced their own Autotractor model, a 4x4 multipurpose truck with metal cabin and a payload of 1500 kg in 1979, the model was redesigned with a modern synthetic fiber glass reinforced composite cabin It was produced as some Greek similar vehicles, until a change from a favorable tax treatment in 1984, the vehicle was modestly successful because it has exposed some quality problems.
Balkania Autotractor 4x4 truck development Balkania-esteem.
MAVA Company is the Greek importer of Renault cars in 1979 he decided to enter the car company producing the introduction of a passenger car utility, a type so popular in Greece for tax reasons attributed cetagorization MAVA the creation of the car Georgios Michael, Greek designer credited with designing Neorion Chicago, as well as several other Greek vehicles Michael and his team completed the development and construction Renault mechanicals prototype in record time and the car name Farma, was introduced the same year MAVA aa insisted that the car should be presented as a Renault model and therefore the prototype was tested and approved by the French company the Farma, thus bearing the Renault logo was produced in a variety versions, including the types of passengers and van He had a 4 cylinder 845cc 34hp engine and can reach a maximum speed imale approximately 110 km h a total of 3,500 were built, including the pure model type jeep introduced in 1983, and some minor face-lifts The attractive car also received a modest advertising in European press In 1985, Greek law had changed affecting the market for this type of vehicles, making them unprofitable production Michael and his team then worked on a completely new model; well, much more advanced and more particularly attractive new Farma change was introduced in 1985. At that time, MAVA had scrapped the whole project and only one car, the prototype of the new model was built.
Designed by Georgios Michael and almost look like a real van Renault MAVA-Renault Farma F.
MEBEA was an important Greek vehicle manufaturer, producer of light commercial vehicles, automobiles, motorcycles, motor bikes and bicycles.
MEBEA was founded in Athens in 1960 by the merger of two assemblers of motorcycles since 1954, and its initial support for Messogiakai Epiheiriseis Biomihanias, Emporiou kai Antiprosopeion Mediterranean enterprises for industry, commerce and representations He grew to be an important Greek company with two plants north of Athens His most successful products were light thucks three wheels.
This has become a common sight throughout the country for nearly three decades and have been exported for commercial variations and passengers to Asian markets.
In addition to the vehicles mentioned above which were his own development MEBEA technology has also been used by another Greek motorcycle manufacturer three-wheeled vehicle, Mego, the company has cooperated with Reliant in Britain, setting production license latter of TW9 heavier truck with three wheels in 1970 and Robin passenger car with three wheels in 1974, 1979, MEBEA introduced the light commercial vehicle Fox in line with contemporary Greek fashion, also designed by Reliant and more the vehicle build engine mentioned above, other activities during the MEBEA history included the production of motorcycle engines mainly for export, and operation of the division of the bicycle producing a range of models biking.
The company faced problems in the early 1980s, when some Asian markets have been lost, but the blow came when Greek law arrested for light duty passenger vehicles, essentially killing the Fox model with about half Greek-dozen cars similar in 1983, production of the Fox was arrested and soon MEBEA, a company associated with a variety of light vehicles that have served thousands of Greeks, ceased to exist.
Used by the Greek postal service MEBEA Hermes 1970.
Motoemil not to be confused with companies in other countries of the same name was a Greek truck manufacturer based in Thessaloniki It is named after Emilios Antoniades who started his business with his brother Konstantinos, building assembled in gross trucks motorcycle and auto parts in the early 1960s, like other manufacturers like Greek, they were already in development and construction of car full trucks with three wheels Motoemil was one of the first of its kind in North Greece and quickly become the largest in the region, its products sold in the country.
Motoemil was one of the few Greek producers who survived the end of the scooter era in this country, as it had developed a new breed of heavier trucks four-wheel drive in the mid 1970 Autofarma model was an all-terrain truck with 2 tons payload perfectly placed in the farm truck category according to Greek law in this respect, it was similar to other Greek vehicles all developed locally, such as Agricola, the AutoDiana Unicar the Balkania Autotractor the EBIAM the Polytrak Petropoulos and others, however, the Autofarma was produced in quantities larger than those of all other handsets sold by a network of dealers throughout the country It was both an all-terrain vehicle very rugged, reliable requiring minimal maintenance costs suitable for extremely harsh treatment of farm vehicles have been exposed, with a load uti the large, relatively comfortable cabin and a fairly smooth road manners for harder minor facelift was done on the 1979 model, but in the mid 1980s, this category of vehicles was not competitive due to changes in the Greek law combined with more sophisticated requirements of Greek customers encountered by imported types at competitive prices This change was the Northern Greek society has not been able to cope with, ceasing all production of trucks in 1985.
Ros his badge was only in Greek, the spelled brand is the brand name of the vehicles produced by the Greek company Stavros Konstantinides EO, based in Athens Ros trucks with three wheels were the kind most successful in Greece, after was produced by the thousands Ros surpassed in sales even Greek classics like Alta and the characteristic shape of its trucks could be seen for several years in all corners of the country and for good reason the Rosaki means little Ros, as has was affectionately called by its owners was one of the most robust and reliable vehicles ever used in Greece in 2006, 30 years after the end of production on three wheels, several Ros were still in use in excellent condition more than any other three wheels.
The company's roots go back to the German imports of used motorcycles after World War II by S Konstantinides and processing of motorcycles in gross trucks Alfa-Ros The brand was introduced in 1966 when S Konstantinides cooperated with Apostolopoulos, design and adequate production unrelated bikes three wheeled trucks in 1968, a Apostolopoulos makes his own production company of Apollo truck, similar in appearance and almost as reliable and therefore S Konstantinides continued with a new brand, Ros Ros trucks Featured metal cabins and engines of 1000cc and 1500cc They were front engined contrast to most other three Greek rear engine wheels A realtive the company founder, Ilias Konstantinides also its own brand Ilion production Ros drawings Ros ended production in 1976 when the type could not suit the needs of Greek professionals and competition from imported trucks have become more rigid.
The SAM name not to be confused with a Swedish car company SAM means Stephanos A Mbaltas badge, Greek, contained in the logo, the founder of the Greek company, one of many that produced trucks with three wheels in this country in business between 1966 and 1974.
The chassis developed by SAM was very strong and some of its trucks survived 30 years after the company went bankrupt.
STYL KAR logo written in Greek as it was named after its founder, the very talented engineer Stylianos Karakatsanis its history is representative of a large number of Greek companies that were engaged in the construction of simple commercial vehicles .
The first transformations motorcycles in trucks in the country probably took place in the early 1940s by workshops in Athens when Greece was still under occupation by the Axis powers Immediately after the war, many British Norton, BSA, Italian Moto Guzzi, and most of the time German Zundapp, BMW motorcycles were left, and destroyed American Willy's and other military vehicles involving many technical ingenuity, different vehicle parts were united in gadgets being half-half trucks motorcycles with remarkably effective results soon, there were production, with parts more or less gradually standardized motorcycle parts were replaced by auto parts, energy most often being provided by Volkswagen air-cooled engines late 1950s this process began changing full developement of camio ns three wheels that has nothing to do with motorcycles more under Greek law, although three wheels have not fallen to the same taxes and other categories STYL KAR cars four wheeler is regarded as a pioneer in the development of three Greek-wheel truck technology adopted by other companies is also one of the few that has evolved into a true industrial society.
Stylianos Karakatsanis began operations in Thessaloniki after World War II repair and sale of former military motorcycles, and quickly turn them into light trucks by the first real truck three wheeler 1959 STYL KAR were produced in 1965, he moved to Athens, and advanced new designs were introduced during the 1967-1974 military dictatorship in Greece laws for type certification were eased, while the three-wheel benefited from a favorable tax treatment that led to the development industry, with companies like STYL KAR, Alta, Ros, Apollo, Babis, SAM, MOTORCAR, Atlas, Motoemil Pan-car and other multiplying production, these vehicles became a common sight throughout the STYL KAR country built a new larger factory in 1967 and soon its most successful model, the 1300 was introduced the company produced thousands of trucks three-wheel, when in 1975 he developed a truck with four wheels to two tons to replace three-wheeled vehicles that were at that time become less attractive to the Greeks this new model finally not happen in 1979, he developed a lightweight sports car and worked on the construction of a whole new plant in Thiva to produce, however, a huge debt uncovered by tax auditors gave the final blow to a company that had gradually lost its market base All the plans were abandoned and STYL KAR, the pioneer perhaps the most characteristic Greek vehicle went out of business altogether.
What Kioleidis is it considered a truck manufacturer or he simply manufacture the bodies of vehicles without motor, it is one of the greatest.
I also know of a Nissan plant in Volos No Greek design, but they made cars for a while too.
Also, I felt touched me emotionally with the three-wheeled vehicles.
Back in the 1970s, one was used by the creamer in my neighborhood.
Now we have an abundance of supermarkets, but the image of the judgment of three-wheeled vehicle in front of the house and creamer with the big mustache stoping to deliver milk and yogurt, was something else.
Now I'm not sure that vehicles with three Thet wheels longer exist in the streets of Athens New generations of profesionals such as SUV-style vehicles, given the new ith loan or lease financing mechanisms offered by banks.
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