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- 1899:
Johann Puch registered his Styrian bicycle factory.
- 1900: First car built by Puch.
- 1904: Puch motorcylces
- 1928: Puch and Austro Daimler
(who started by building Daimler cars under licence)
merged to form Austro Daimler Puch Werke AG.
- 1934:
Austro Daimler Puch and Steyr Works merge to
form Steyr Daimler Puch AG.
- 1952: First scooters.
- 1954: First mopeds.
- 1957:
Puch 500 car, based on the Fiat 500 but
with 2-cylinder 500cc Puch engine.
It is hard to believe but the car was successfully rallied!
- 1959: Haflinger.
- 1971:
Pinzgauer 4×4 and 6×6.
- 1979:
G-wagen
production in cooperation with Mercedes Benz.
- 1984:
VW Transporter Syncro (4x4)
production (to 1992).
- 1987:
Motorcycle and bicycle business sold to Piaggio of Italy.
- 1990:
Eurostar, ~SFT+Chrysler,
built the Chrysler Voyager
(Daimler Chrysler bought out Eurostar in 1999).
- 1994:
Production of Jeep
Grand Cherokees, LHD and all RHD models.
- 1996:
Production of Mercedes Benz E-class 4MATIC (4x4).
- 1998:
Steyr Daimler Puch AG bought by Magna Int. Inc..
- - from Steyr and other sources.
- 2000:
Steyr sold the Pinzgauer production facilities
to Automotive Technic Ltd. of Aldershot, Hampshire;
the former importer for Pinzgauer in England had a contract
from the [British] Army
for new Pinzgauers.
- ( 2005: Stewart and Stevenson
acquired Automotive Technic.
2006: Armor Holdings bought Stewart and Stevenson.
2007: BAE Systems bought Armor Holdings and
thus Stewart and Stevenson.)
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