Autokinitoviomihania Ellados

In reality, the car was not "Greek", as it was to be produced under license of the Italian Fissore company (which, in turn, had acquired the design by another Italian coachbuilder); it was nor really "built", as initially most parts were imported from Italy and assembled, with little local content; the company was hardly an "industry", as it started operation in a tiny facility; and, finally, the brand name Mini Jeep 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. Jeep company), as the vehicle carried the Fiat logo.

Most important, though, was a provision of Greek law that categorized such cars as "commercial vehicles" making them cheaper to own.

Thus, A Ellados was the second (after Namco) in a series of Greek companies that introduced similar cars, claiming part of the market.

The Scout 127 (in the meanwhile renamed Amico 127) received some facelifts by the company, which also presented a van version.

However, by 1984 the market for the passenger/utility cars had dramatically dropped, after a change in the Greek law (as it had been interpreted in ways that allowed luxury SUV’s to be classified as "trucks").