Korres Engineering, founded by architect and engineer

Dimitris Korres Korres Engineering, founded by architect and engineer Dimitris Korres in Athens, mainly focuses on design, consulting and subcontracting for civil engineering projects. It particularly specializes in complex structure relocation, while other branc ...

Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...

, mainly focuses on design, consulting and subcontracting for

civil engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

projects. It particularly specializes in complex structure relocation, while other branches undertake customized engineering tasks and vehicle design and development. Over the last two decades, it has completed dozens of challenging relocations of structures which include several ancient and medieval monuments and heavy structures such as an 1800-tonne 3-storey stone building of the

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. Vehicles developed include a 1000cc motorcycle (1989), a series of cars (P1 to P4, since 2002) featuring Korres's patented suspension system, combining high performance with extreme

off-road Off-roading is the act of driving or riding in a vehicle on unpaved surfaces such as sand, dirt, gravel, riverbeds, mud, snow, rocks, or other natural terrain. Off-roading ranges from casual drives with regular vehicles to competitive events w ...

capabilities, and D3, a city car design for disabled drivers, proposed in 2012. In December 2020, Korres Engineering participated in the development of ventilators for COVID-19 patients.

The project 4

Korres P4 The Korres P4 is a Greek sports car designed by Korres Engineering. It is a true all-terrain vehicle utilizing a suspension design based on the principle of wheel interdependence. Specifications and performance Engine The Korres P4 is powered b ...

(or Project 4), the final/production version of the aforementioned series, was introduced in 2013. This combination of an exotic

sports car A sports car is a type of automobile that is designed with an emphasis on dynamic performance, such as Automobile handling, handling, acceleration, top speed, the thrill of driving, and Auto racing, racing capability. Sports cars originated in ...

with an extreme

all-terrain vehicle An all-terrain vehicle (ATV), also known as a light utility vehicle (LUV), a quad bike or quad (if it has four wheels), as defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), is a vehicle that travels on low-pressure tires, has a seat ...

, is powered by a 7-liter 505 hp GM engine, has a top speed of and can reach in 3.8 seconds.

References

L.S. Skartsis, "Greek Vehicle & Machine Manufacturers 1800 to present: A Pictorial History", Bookstars, Athens (2013)

External links

Korres Engineering website
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Korres P4 (report)Korres project D3Ventilators for Covid-19 patients
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