Biotechnia Ellinikon tricyclone

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Biotechnia Ellinikon tricyclone
legal form
founding ?
resolution 1975
Seat Athens
management Petros Konstantinou
Branch Automobile manufacturer

BET prototype from 1965
BET 500 from 1973-1975
BET pickup truck from 1967

Biotechnia Ellinikon Trikyklon was a Greek manufacturer of automobiles . The brand name was BET .

Company history

Petros Konstantinou founded the company in Athens . First, motorcycles were converted into three-wheeled utility vehicles. 1965 was a tricycle - passenger cars with front single wheel, which, however, remained the only one. Modern commercial vehicles followed on this basis. In 1973, another passenger car appeared, of which 15 were made until production was discontinued in 1975.

vehicles

commercial vehicles

The first commercial vehicles consisted of the front of a motorcycle and a rear axle. There was a loading area above the rear axle. There was no body or weather protection. The later commercial vehicles also had the single wheel in front, but now had a full body.

Passenger cars

The prototype from 1965 had a closed body that offered space for five people. A BMW motorcycle engine with a displacement of 125 cc provided the drive . The production model 500 from 1973 to 1975 had a two-cylinder engine from the Fiat Nuova 500 with a displacement of 500 cc. One copy of this model still exists.

literature

Web links

Commons : BET  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Skartsis: Greek vehicle and machine manufacturers. 1800 tons present. A pictorial history.