Automeccanica

Automeccanica was a Greek automobile producing company. Founded in 1979, it was one of the companies that produced the "passenger-utility" type of vehicle popular in Greece at the time for tax categorization reasons. Its creators were former executives of Autokinitoviomihania Ellados (meaning 'Greek Car Industry') a company founded in 1975 to also produce vehicles of this type – it assembled Italian Fissore models based on Fiat products, as well as other Fiat models and variants. Automeccanica followed a different path, building the Zebra model, a passenger-utility car based on the Daihatsu Charade, as well as assembling the Charade itself. In 1985, when the law favoring the Zebra-type vehicles changed, Automeccanica stopped its production (after about 2,000 units had been built) and started licence production of the Soviet Lada Niva model, while it developed its own cabrio-version of the car.^[1] In 1988 it acquired its former "father" company, Autokinitoviomihania Ellados and the latter's factory in Thiva. Automeccanica went out of the car-construction business in 1995.

References

^ Skartsis, Labros S. (2012), Greek Vehicle & Machine Manufacturers 1800 to present: A Pictorial History, Athens, Greece: Marathon, ISBN 978-960-93-4452-4

L.S. Skartsis, "Encyclopedia of Greek vehicles and aircraft", Achaikes Ekdoseis/Typorama, Patras, Greece (1995) ISBN 960-7620-00-3
K. Bitsikokos, "Affordable cars made in Greece", Auto Bild (Hellas), issue 22, Feb 29, 2008
"35 Years 4 Trohoi" (collectible edition of the 4 Trohoi auto magazine), Technical Press, Athens (2004) ISBN 960-88350-0-3

External links

Site with car brochures, including early model Automeccanica Daihatsu Zebra

Automotive industry in Greece

Automotive industry
Economy of Greece
Transport in Greece

Companies

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Former/Defunct	Alta Attica Autokinitoviomihania Ellados Automeccanica C.AR DIM Emporiki Autokiniton MAVA-Renault MEBEA Neorion Pan-Car Scavas Theologou Buses/tractors/trucks: Agricola Agrocar Atlas AutoDiana AK Hellas Balkania Biamax BIOMAN Bouhagier Patras Candia EBIAM Hercules Kouppas Malkotsis Motoemil Pantelemidis-TITAN Petropoulos Prapopoulos Pitsos Record Motorcycles/three-wheelers: Biotechnia Ellinikon Trikyklon BIOMOT Dinap MotorCar Mego Ros SAM Styl Kar

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