Saturday, December 22, 2012

Best Motors ΛΟΥΤΑΣ in Pyrgos, Greece

This is Harry Loutas' Best Motors in Pyrgos and yes, kids, that is an Alfa.  Notice that it's a four-door vehicle so it should kick it up quite briskly in performance but you can also carry the whole family around in it.  Many American cars are flat-out ludicrous in their size and wouldn't even fit on the streets of Pyrgos.  You would have to park at the edge of town and walk the rest of the way (laughs).  The vehicles here are much more practical but that doesn't mean they're limited in performance.  Talk to Harry.


Here's another example of the type of vehicle you will find over here more often than large vehicles.  They're quite compact but they will still easily carry four adults so they will serve the same needs as all but the Crown Vic and larger crowd.  Forget about your Escalade as that bit of automotive hog wallow wouldn't be good for much of anything over here except ridicule.


Volkswagens are quite popular here.  Notice again the design in that it's smaller than a full-size American vehicle but it's not lacking in capacity.  Since they're smaller they consume much less fuel and this is a crucial detail in the Eurozone where fuel is priced by the liter and not by the gallon (i.e. roughly four liters).  Petrol costs much more over here so the complaints of Americans about fuel prices are met, quite rightly, with a great deal of derision.

Greek Cars - VW


Here's a Ford Focus which quite possibly is available in the U.S.  Notice again the design.  Compact but not lacking:

Greek Cars - Ford


Here is a final example, this time a Fiat, and you can see again the parallels in design.  If it's not a practical vehicle, you're not going to sell it here.  If you want one then talk to Harry as all of the vehicles featured here are at Best Motors now.


Greek Cars - Fiat


There is no payment for doing this as Harry is a friend of mine and I like to be able to give something back.

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