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What we comparePuchABC Motors
Country in archiveAustriaUnited Kingdom
Founded18991912
FounderJohann PuchRonald Charteris
HeadquartersGraz, Styria, AustriaHersham, Surrey, UK
Name originThe company is named after its founder, the industrialist Johann Puch (1862-1914), who started in Graz with bicycles before the firm moved on to engines, motorcycles, mopeds and cars.ABC is short for All British (Engine) Company, the name of the firm founded in 1912. It was later renamed ABC Motors Ltd, keeping the initials.
HighlightsPuch Maxi, 125 SV, 250 SGSABC 400, Skootamota
Earliest archived brand logo18991912
Latest archived logo18991912
Archived logo assets11

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