AutoDiana was a
Greek
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truck manufacturer based in
Thessaloniki
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, in business between 1975 and 1984. Its main product was the 'Unicar' truck. This robust vehicle had a payload of 1500 kg and used a
Mercedes-Benz
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Diesel engine and
Dodge axles. Its fate, along with similar Greek multi-purpose trucks, such as
Petropoulos ''Unitrak'', the
Agricola
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* Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40–93), Roman governor of Britannia (AD 77–85)
* Sextus Calpurnius Agricola, Roman governor of the mi ...
, the
Motoemil ''Autofarma'', the
Balkania ''Autotractor'', the
Namco
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''Agricar'', was sealed when a change of Greek law in 1984 modified taxes and duties for such farm vehicles. Production was terminated the same year ending a career of reasonable sales among customers in the Greek countryside.
References
*L.S. Skartsis and G.A. Avramidis, "Made in Greece", Typorama, Patras, Greece (2003) (republished by the University of Patras Science Park, 2007).
L.S. Skartsis, "Greek Vehicle & Machine Manufacturers 1800 to present: A Pictorial History", Marathon (2012) (eBook)
External links
Defunct truck manufacturers
Off-road vehicles
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Greece
Manufacturing companies based in Thessaloniki
1984 disestablishments in Greece
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