▁importing ▁F iat ▁in ▁Greece . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁new ▁company ▁made ▁a ▁rather ▁am bit ious ▁appearance ▁in ▁the ▁Greek ▁press , ▁announ cing ▁the ▁introduction ▁and ▁production ▁of ▁a ▁Greek ▁autom obile ▁named ▁M ini ▁Je ep ▁Sc out ▁ 1 2 7 , ▁a ▁vers atile ▁passenger - ut ility ▁vehicle ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁F iat ▁ 1 2 7 . ▁ ▁In ▁reality , ▁the ▁car ▁was ▁not ▁" G reek ", ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁produced ▁under ▁license ▁of ▁the ▁Italian ▁F iss ore ▁company ▁( which , ▁in ▁turn , ▁had ▁acquired ▁the ▁design ▁by ▁another ▁Italian ▁coach builder ); ▁it ▁was ▁nor ▁really ▁" built ", ▁as ▁initially ▁most ▁parts ▁were ▁imported ▁from ▁Italy ▁and ▁assemble d , ▁with ▁little ▁local ▁content ; ▁the ▁company ▁was ▁hardly ▁an ▁" indust ry ", ▁as ▁it ▁started ▁operation ▁in ▁a ▁tiny ▁facility ; ▁and , ▁finally , ▁the ▁brand ▁name ▁M ini ▁Je ep ▁appeared ▁only ▁on ▁paper ▁( and ▁that ▁only ▁for ▁a ▁brief ▁period , ▁since ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁conflict ▁with ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁the ▁name ▁by ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Je ep ▁company ), ▁as ▁the ▁vehicle ▁carried ▁the ▁F iat ▁logo . ▁ ▁Non eth eless , ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁the ▁Sc out ▁ 1 2 7 ▁was ▁quite ▁successful . ▁This ▁kind ▁of ▁" sm art " ▁car ▁was ▁well ▁fitted ▁for ▁the ▁Greek ▁market ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁It ▁could ▁be ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁commercial ▁vehicle ▁as ▁well ▁as