{"id":676,"date":"2024-04-03T10:08:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T10:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/namco.gr\/?page_id=676"},"modified":"2024-06-11T14:39:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T14:39:02","slug":"namco-ford","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/namco.gr\/en\/namco\/istorika-stoicheia\/namco-ford\/","title":{"rendered":"NAMCO FORD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"676\" class=\"elementor elementor-676\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26bd23b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"26bd23b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dade8c3 elementor-icon-list--layout-inline elementor-align-center elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"dade8c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/namco.gr\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\">\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-inline-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/namco.gr\/en\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Home<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/namco.gr\/en\/namco\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Namco<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/namco.gr\/en\/namco\/istorika-stoicheia\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Historical Facts<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">NAMCO FORD<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-266148b e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"266148b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2ee0cf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e2ee0cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0778ecd elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0778ecd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NAMCO FORD<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d4b58a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d4b58a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>PONY\u00ae WITH THE COLLABORATION OF FORD USA<\/strong><\/p><p>In 1981, particularly due to the unprecedented global demand for the PONY\u00ae vehicles, NAMCO develops and presents a new model of PONY\u00ae motor (drive-train) of FORD, aiming to bring together a wide network of the leading Dealers of FORD USA. This move resulted in NAMCO signing a sales contract for PONY\u00ae 20,000 annually and even for a long period of 10 years, i.e. 200,000 PONY\u00ae cars in the U.S.!<\/p><p class=\" translation-block\">Motivated by this unique and historic success, NAMCO AG along with Inthelco GmbH, decided to establish a second, very large car factory for PONY\u00ae in Limnotopo-Kilkis. This new investment was co-funded by the three largest state-owned banks in France, BANQUE FRANCAISE DU COMMERCE EXTERIEUR, CREDIT COMMERCIAL DE FRANCE, CREDIT LYONNAIS <a style=\"color: white\" href=\"https:\/\/namco.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/001.jpg\" target=\"_self\">( see for Gazette September 15, 1981 ) .<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de604c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5de604c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5673631 elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"5673631\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;dots&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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This was decided In order to cover large orders PONY\u00ae, FORD Motors in the U.S.<\/p><p>This fact opened the way wide for broad cooperation with FORD, which would allow NAMCO literally to take-off and become one of the most recognized automobiles.<\/p><p>It is noteworthy that in 1985 ( July 20, 1985) as headline news in all the media, this cooperation was announced and for the acceleration of this great agreement and to cover orders from FORD Dealers in the U.S.,  NAMCO loaded a PONY\u00ae to an Olympic Airways aircraft and moved it from New York to DETROIT in a flash, where it withstood allthe hard test of FORD U.S. It was such a great success, that even the then President of FORD, Mr. Turner, ask the humble NAMCO to undertake the sales FORD PONY\u00ae exclusively through its worldwide network! This historic, unique and great success of NAMCO, would have ensured lasting huge foreign currency sources and employment of thousands of Greek sub-suppliers, was torpedoed by a certain ignorance and irresponsibility of the known, mercenary bureaucracy, that historically crashed every effort established a large Greek automotive in world range.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0391\u03c1\u03c7\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae Namco \u0399\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac \u03a3\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c7\u03b5\u03af\u03b1 NAMCO FORD NAMCO FORD PONY\u00ae \u039c\u0395 \u03a4\u0397 \u03a3\u03a5\u039d\u0395\u03a1\u0393\u0391\u03a3\u0399\u0391 \u03a4\u0397\u03a3 FORD USA \u03a4\u03bf 1981, \u03b9\u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03af\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1 \u03bb\u03cc\u03b3\u03c9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u03bf\u03c6\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2 \u03c0\u03b1\u03b3\u03ba\u03cc\u03c3\u03bc\u03b9\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b6\u03ae\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03bf\u03c7\u03ae\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 PONY\u00ae, \u03b7 NAMCO \u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03c0\u03c4\u03cd\u03c3\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03ac\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9 \u03ad\u03bd\u03b1 \u03bd\u03ad\u03bf \u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03ad\u03bb\u03bf \u03ba\u03b9\u03bd\u03b7\u03c4\u03ae\u03c1\u03b1 PONY\u00ae (drive-train) \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 FORD, \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c3\u03c4\u03cc\u03c7\u03bf \u03bd\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c5\u03b3\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03ce\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03ad\u03bd\u03b1 \u03b5\u03c5\u03c1\u03cd \u03b4\u03af\u03ba\u03c4\u03c5\u03bf \u03ba\u03bf\u03c1\u03c5\u03c6\u03b1\u03af\u03c9\u03bd \u0391\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03ce\u03c0\u03c9\u03bd \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 FORD \u0397\u03a0\u0391. \u0391\u03c5\u03c4\u03ae \u03b7 \u03ba\u03af\u03bd\u03b7\u03c3\u03b7 [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98,"parent":612,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-676","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/namco.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/namco.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/namco.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namco.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namco.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/namco.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1259,"href":"https:\/\/namco.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/676\/revisions\/1259"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namco.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namco.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/namco.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}