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Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Greece. Between 1918 and 1920 he designed and constructed a light passenger car (chassis and body) with a Pierce 750 cc motorcycle engine; only one was built. His company, nonetheless, produced a variety of bus and truck bodies, mostly on Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...
chassis in the 1920s. By the mid-1920s it was facing strong competition by larger companies like Tournikiotis
Tangalakis-Temax
TEMAX is today the leading Greek manufacturer of fire-fighting vehicles, while under its previous name, Tangalakis, it has been one of the most historic bus manufacturers in that country.- History :...
and Athena in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Bouhagier
Bouhagier Patras
Bouhagier Patras or Buhayer Patras is considered to be the longest-lived vehicle body manufacturer in Greece. It was founded in 1890 and dissolved in 2004. The name Bouhagier was the corrupted version of the name of a 19th century Maltese immigrant who settled and married in Greece...
in Patras
Patras
Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...
and others, which also produced vehicles (mainly buses and trucks) on imported chassis, and was soon eclipsed by them.