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{{Short description|Replica automobile manufacturer}}
{{Short description|Replica automobile manufacturer}}
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'''RCH''' ('''Replicar Hellas''', formerly '''Beetlekitcars''') was founded in 2007 in [[Katerini]], [[Greece]], by Elias Gaganelis, and produces high-quality replicas, mostly of older [[Porsche]] models. These include a variety of types based on the [[Porsche 356 Speedster|356 Speedster]], as well as the [[Porsche 550|550 Spyder]], while models based on the [[Volkswagen]] [[Volkswagen Beetle|Beetle]] have also been produced.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://popaganda.gr/stories/porsche-replicar-hellas/|title=There is a company in Katerini that manufactures handmade Porsche|language=el|date=10 December 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211201441/https://popaganda.gr/stories/porsche-replicar-hellas/|archive-date=11 December 2023}}</ref> For several years, the cars could not be legally sold in Greece, with all produced cars exported, mostly to European countries (sales in Greece were only allowed since 2014).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.epixirimatias.gr/2022/07/rch-automotive-258-video.html|title=RCH Automotive: the Greek company that has built 258 cars|language=el|date=31 July 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211185944/https://www.epixirimatias.gr/2022/07/rch-automotive-258-video.html|archive-date=11 December 2023}}</ref> In late 2016 the company introduced a Beach Buggy model of its own development.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.4troxoi.gr/dokimes/rch-buggy-apokalypsi/|title=RCH Buggy: Apocalypse|language=el|date=29 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211191436/https://www.4troxoi.gr/dokimes/rch-buggy-apokalypsi/|archive-date=11 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.autocarnet.gr/2015/04/t-rch-356-speedster-replicar-hellas.html|title=RCH 356 Speedster car of Replicar Hellas|date=2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211191937/https://www.autocarnet.gr/2015/04/t-rch-356-speedster-replicar-hellas.html|archive-date=11 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.allcarindex.com/production/greece/replicar-hellas-rch/|title=Replicar Hellas (RCH)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211194825/https://www.allcarindex.com/production/greece/replicar-hellas-rch/|archive-date=11 December 2023}}</ref>
'''RCH''' ('''Replicar Hellas''', formerly '''Beetlekitcars''') was founded in 2007 in [[Katerini]], [[Greece]], by Elias Gaganelis, and produces high-quality replicas, mostly of older [[Porsche]] models.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rch-automotive.com/pages_gr/rch-pricelist.html|title=RCH Cars Handmade Luxury in Style|website=rch-automotive.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104170726/https://www.rch-automotive.com/pages_gr/rch-pricelist.html|archive-date=4 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amperorio.gr/index.php/el/made-in-hellas/item/399-replicar-hellas.html|title=Replicar Hellas|language=el|date=21 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104164733/https://www.amperorio.gr/index.php/el/made-in-hellas/item/399-replicar-hellas.html|archive-date=4 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.caranddriver.gr/eidiseis/arthro/sti_replicar_ftiaxnoun_tis_ellinikes_porsche-7483512/|title=Replicar makes the Greek Porsches!|language=el|date=31 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104165323/https://www.caranddriver.gr/eidiseis/arthro/sti_replicar_ftiaxnoun_tis_ellinikes_porsche-7483512/|archive-date=4 January 2024}}</ref> These include a variety of types based on the [[Porsche 356 Speedster|356 Speedster]], as well as the [[Porsche 550|550 Spyder]], while models based on the [[Volkswagen]] [[Volkswagen Beetle|Beetle]] have also been produced.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsbomb.gr/bombplus/aytokinhto/story/569902/klasika-aytokinita-h-replicar-hellas-sti-diethni-milano-autoclassica-2015|title=Classic Cars: Replicar Hellas at the Milano Autoclassica 2015|language=el|date=23 March 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104170448/https://www.newsbomb.gr/bombplus/aytokinhto/story/569902/klasika-aytokinita-h-replicar-hellas-sti-diethni-milano-autoclassica-2015|archive-date=4 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://popaganda.gr/stories/porsche-replicar-hellas/|title=There is a company in Katerini that manufactures handmade Porsche|language=el|date=10 December 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211201441/https://popaganda.gr/stories/porsche-replicar-hellas/|archive-date=11 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.drive.gr/news/ellada/me-ellenikes-pinakides-oi-porsche-tes-replicar-hellas|title=With Greek license plates the Porsche of the Replicar Hellas|language=el|date=28 April 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104165007/https://www.drive.gr/news/ellada/me-ellenikes-pinakides-oi-porsche-tes-replicar-hellas|archive-date=4 January 2024}}</ref> For several years, the cars could not be legally sold in Greece, with all produced cars exported, mostly to European countries (sales in Greece were only allowed since 2014).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.epixirimatias.gr/2022/07/rch-automotive-258-video.html|title=RCH Automotive: the Greek company that has built 258 cars|language=el|date=31 July 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211185944/https://www.epixirimatias.gr/2022/07/rch-automotive-258-video.html|archive-date=11 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.protothema.gr/greece/article/1397605/heiropoiites-replikes-thrulikon-porsche-made-in-greece/|title=Handmade replicas of legendary Porsche made in Greece|language=el|date=22 August 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104165926/https://www.protothema.gr/greece/article/1397605/heiropoiites-replikes-thrulikon-porsche-made-in-greece/|archive-date=4 January 2024}}</ref> In late 2016 the company introduced a Beach Buggy model of its own development.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.4troxoi.gr/dokimes/rch-buggy-apokalypsi/|title=RCH Buggy: Apocalypse|language=el|date=29 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211191436/https://www.4troxoi.gr/dokimes/rch-buggy-apokalypsi/|archive-date=11 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.autocarnet.gr/2015/04/t-rch-356-speedster-replicar-hellas.html|title=RCH 356 Speedster car of Replicar Hellas|date=2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211191937/https://www.autocarnet.gr/2015/04/t-rch-356-speedster-replicar-hellas.html|archive-date=11 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.allcarindex.com/production/greece/replicar-hellas-rch/|title=Replicar Hellas (RCH)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211194825/https://www.allcarindex.com/production/greece/replicar-hellas-rch/|archive-date=11 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news247.gr/magazine/rorsche-made-in-greece-kai-den-einai-asteio/|title=Porsche made in Greece (and it’s not a joke)|language=el|date=31 January 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104170059/https://www.news247.gr/magazine/rorsche-made-in-greece-kai-den-einai-asteio/|archive-date=4 January 2024}}</ref>
[[File:RCH 356 GT Replica Genf 2019 1Y7A5099.jpg|thumb|200px|RCH 356 GT Replica at Geneva Motor Show 2019]]
[[File:RCH 356 GT Replica Genf 2019 1Y7A5099.jpg|thumb|200px|RCH 356 GT Replica at Geneva Motor Show 2019]]
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{url|https://www.replicarhellas.com |RCH official website}}
* {{url|https://www.replicarhellas.com |RCH official website}}
* {{url|https://www.rch-automotive.com|RCH official website}}
* {{url|http://www.rch-austria.at/ |RCH Austria}}
* {{url|http://www.rch-austria.at/ |RCH Austria}}
* {{url|http://rch-spain.com/ |RCH Spain}}
* {{url|http://rch-spain.com/ |RCH Spain}}

Revision as of 17:24, 4 January 2024

Replicar Hellas
Company typeReplica manufacturer
Founded2007; 17 years ago (2007) in Katerini, Greece
FounderElias Gaganelis
Headquarters
Katerini
,
Greece
ProductsAutomobile replicas
Websitereplicarhellas.com

RCH (Replicar Hellas, formerly Beetlekitcars) was founded in 2007 in Katerini, Greece, by Elias Gaganelis, and produces high-quality replicas, mostly of older Porsche models.[1][2][3] These include a variety of types based on the 356 Speedster, as well as the 550 Spyder, while models based on the Volkswagen Beetle have also been produced.[4][5][6] For several years, the cars could not be legally sold in Greece, with all produced cars exported, mostly to European countries (sales in Greece were only allowed since 2014).[7][8] In late 2016 the company introduced a Beach Buggy model of its own development.[9][10][11][12]

RCH 356 GT Replica at Geneva Motor Show 2019

References

  1. ^ "RCH Cars Handmade Luxury in Style". rch-automotive.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Replicar Hellas" (in Greek). 21 May 2020. Archived from the original on 4 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Replicar makes the Greek Porsches!" (in Greek). 31 January 2016. Archived from the original on 4 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Classic Cars: Replicar Hellas at the Milano Autoclassica 2015" (in Greek). 23 March 2015. Archived from the original on 4 January 2024.
  5. ^ "There is a company in Katerini that manufactures handmade Porsche" (in Greek). 10 December 2015. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023.
  6. ^ "With Greek license plates the Porsche of the Replicar Hellas" (in Greek). 28 April 2016. Archived from the original on 4 January 2024.
  7. ^ "RCH Automotive: the Greek company that has built 258 cars" (in Greek). 31 July 2022. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Handmade replicas of legendary Porsche made in Greece" (in Greek). 22 August 2023. Archived from the original on 4 January 2024.
  9. ^ "RCH Buggy: Apocalypse" (in Greek). 29 March 2017. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023.
  10. ^ "RCH 356 Speedster car of Replicar Hellas". 2015. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Replicar Hellas (RCH)". Archived from the original on 11 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Porsche made in Greece (and it's not a joke)" (in Greek). 31 January 2015. Archived from the original on 4 January 2024.

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