Hercules (Greek: Ηρακλής) was a
Greek
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Greece
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manufacturer of agricultural machinery based in
Kerkyra
Corfu (, ) or Kerkyra ( el, Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, , ; ; la, Corcyra.) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The isl ...
(Corfu). It also produced light vehicles categorized as "farm equipment" according to Greek law, including light all-terrain vehicles. The latter used ''
Namco
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'' parts and ''
Mitsubishi
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'', ''
Kubota
Kubota machine
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Ruggerini'' engines. Small numbers of the particular type were produced between 1980 and 1983.
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)
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1983 disestablishments in Greece