Martin Motors

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Martin Motors was an Italian automobile, bus and truck producer headquartered in the Milan area Quinto Stampi dé . The manufacturer's assembly plant, on the other hand, was located in Tunisia .

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Martin Motors became famous in the mid-1990s for its Allestimenti Linea and Allestimenti Turismo coaches . In 1997, Martin Motors expanded its model range with the Pulmann Urbani city ​​bus . With a minibus, the minibus , the manufacturer also tried its hand at the small group bus market from summer 2009.

Bus production was the manufacturer's largest source of income, sometimes with 30,000 units / year. That was 7500 units per production line per year.

Martin Motors made the first attempt to establish itself in the passenger car market in 2006 with the Noble small car . For legal reasons, this was later renamed Bubble . The following year the Sports Utility Vehicle CEO followed , which BMW believes should be a copy of the BMW E53 . The CEO is the brand's first model to be marketed across Europe.

In order to gain a foothold in other areas, Martin Motors launched a model offensive in 2009 and introduced the MM520 series . This should be firmly anchored in the compact class. The manufacturer launched the Ideal 1000 as a small car and hopes for good opportunities here too. Martin Motors also brought the Minivan Coolcar and the self-developed pick-up Freedom Cab to test themselves in the commercial vehicle sector.

Martin Motors also produced ten different types of motorcycles with four-stroke engines, which have a displacement of 50 to 205 cm³, and which corresponded to the Euro II emissions standard.

In engine production, Martin Motors managed 80,000 units a year and supplied a large number of engine and automobile manufacturers. In 2012 the company added the MM620 to its model range.

The company went bankrupt in 2015 and ceased operations

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