Petros Petropoulos

Petros Petropoulos AEBE
legal form	AEBE
founding	1922
Seat	Athens
Branch	Automobile manufacturer
Website	www.petropoulos.com/en

Petros Petropoulos AEBE is a Greek company in the field of vehicle construction.

Company history

Petros Petropoulos founded the company in Thessaloniki in 1922 . He sold commercial vehicles , overhauled engines , manufactured engine parts and manufactured motor vehicles . In 1948 the company moved to Athens . In 1956 the production of tractors was added and later also forklifts . The brand name was Petropoulos . The company is now active in import and trade .

vehicles

According to one source, the company initially assembled cars from Ford and, in the 1930s, cars from Willys-Overland, and commercial vehicles from Diamond T and International Harvester . The company itself specifies the period of assembly as 1922 to 1951 and names cars from Willys-Overland as well as trucks and buses from Diamond T and International Harvester.

1956 began with the production of tractors based on a design by International Harvester with the model Π-35 . A diesel engine from Perkins Engines provided the drive . A little later, the more powerful Π-55 model was added.

In 1974 the all-wheel drive Unitrak truck series appeared , which was in production until 1984.

literature

• Labros S. Skartsis: Greek vehicle & machine manufacturers. 1800 tons present. A pictorial history. Marathon 2012, ISBN 978-960-93445-2-4 , pasiphae.lis.upatras.gr (English)

Web links

• Company website (English and Greek, accessed February 7, 2013)
• Short story of the company with photo of the Autotrak (accessed February 8, 2013)
• Photo of a Willys car that was assembled at Petropoulos in the English language Wikipedia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Skartsis: Greek vehicle and machine manufacturers. 1800 tons present. A pictorial history.
2. ↑ Company history on petropoulos.com (accessed February 8, 2013)