Manufacturers and related items of Coventry UK

  • Academy (1906-1908)

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    1900s

    Academy Car History Coventry 1906 to 1908 The Academy was an English dual-control car built by West of Coventry between 1906 and 1908. The cars had a 14 hp 4-cylinder engine by ...

  • Albatros (1922-1924)

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    Albatros (1922-1924)

    Albatros Cars History 1923 Albaros car Coventry England The Albatros was an English automobile manufactured in Croft Road, Coventry and founded in 1922 by H.T.W. Manwaring. The ...

  • Allard (1899-1902)

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    Allard History Automotive manufacturer of Coventry.Great Britain from 1899 to 1902. The Allard was an English automobile manufactured by Allard & Co. of Coventry from 1899 to ...

  • Alvis History (1919-)

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    Alvis History (1919-)

    Alvis Car History From 1919 Early history The original company, T.G. John and Company Ltd., was founded in 1919 by Thomas George John (1880 – 1946). Its first products were ...

  • Arden (1912-1916)

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    Arden (1912-1916)

    Arden Car History 1912 to 1916 in Balsall Heath, Coventry Great Britain The Arden was a British automobile manufactured from 1912 to 1916 in Balsall Heath, Coventry. Starting out ...

  • Ariel (1900-1925)

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    Ariel (1900-1925)

    Ariel Car History Birmingham and Coventry,Great Britain Ariel was a bicycle, motorcycle and automobile marque manufacturer based in Bournbrook, Birmingham, England, which dated ...

  • Armstrong Siddeley History

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    1910s
    Armstrong Siddeley History

    Armstrong Siddeley Car History Great Britain Industry Motor cars Aircraft engines Light engineering Fate Merged with Hawker Aircraft (1935) Merged with Bristol Aero Engines ...

  • Armstrong Whitworth (1904-1916)

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    Armstrong Whitworth (1904-1916)

    Armstrong Whitworth History Predecessor(s) W.G. Armstrong & Mitchell Company Successor(s) Vickers-Armstrongs Founded 1847 (W.G. Armstrong Co.) Defunct 1927 Headquarters Newcastle ...

  • Arno (1908)

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    1900s

    Arno motorcar History Coventry UK only in 1908 The Arno was an English automobile manufactured in Coventry only in 1908; the car, which featured a 25hp White and Poppe engine and ...

  • Autovia (1935-1938)

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    Autovia (1935-1938)

    Autovia History Coventry UK 1935 to 1938 Manufacturer Autovia Production 1935-1938 with public sales starting in 1936 44 made Body style sports saloon limousine Engine 2849 cc ...

  • Billings-Burns (1900)

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    1900s

    Billings-Burns Car manufacturer Founded 1900 Coventry England UK The Billings-Burns was an English automobile built only in 1900 in Coventry. This voiturette designed by E. D. ...

  • Broadway (1913)

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    1910s

    Broadway Car History Coventry.UK 1913 Manufacturer Broadway Cyclecar Co Production 1913 Class cyclecar Engine Fafnir V-twin air-cooled Transmission two speed The Broadway was a ...

  • BSA History (1907-1940)

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    1900s
    BSA History (1907-1940)

    BSA cars History (1907-1940) BSA cars were manufactured between 1907 and 1912 in Birmingham then until 1939 in Coventry as well as Birmingham, England. BSA had established a ...

  • Buckingham (1914-1923)

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    Buckingham (1914-1923)

    Buckingham UK History Car manufacturer Coventry UK The Buckingham was an English automobile manufactured by the Buckingham Engineering Company in Coventry from 1914 until 1923. ...

  • Calcott (1913-1925)

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    Calcott (1913-1925)

    Calcott Brothers history Gosford Street, Coventry England UK Calcott was a small English motor vehicle manufacturer from Coventry in Warwickshire. The company began as a bicycle ...

  • Centaur Cycle (1900-1901)

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    Centaur Cycle (1900-1901)

    Centaur Cycle Co. Ltd Automotive manufacturer of Coventry.Great Britain from 1900 to 1901. The Centaur Cycle Company was a British manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles and ...

  • Chota (1912-1913)

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    Chota (1912-1913)

    Chota car history Coventry.UK See main article Buckingham Engineering Company The Chota was a 6 hp English cyclecar manufactured from 1912 until 1913 by the Buckingham Engine ...

  • Citroën UK history (1919-)

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    Citroën UK history (1919-)

    Citroen UK Limited history Automotive Manufacturer of Coventry United Kingdom from 1919 on Citroën UK Limited is a British automotive company, previously as Citroën Cars ...

  • Coventry Climax History

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    1900s
    Coventry Climax History

    Coventry-Simplex Climax History 1903 to 1986 Former type Limited company Industry Speciality machinery and engine manufacture Fate Purchased by Jaguar Cars, businesses merged by ...

  • Coventry Motor Co (1898-1903)

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    1890s
    Coventry Motor Co (1898-1903)

    The Coventry Motor Company history Coventry Motette The Coventry Motor Company or CMC was a Coventry motor vehicle manufacturer established in early 1896 by H J Lawson's ...

  • Coventry Premier (1912-1923)

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    Coventry Premier (1912-1923)

    Coventry Premier car history Coventry UK from 1912 to 1923 The Coventry Premier was a British car and cyclecar manufacturer based in Coventry from 1912 to 1923. The company can ...

  • Coventry-Victor (1911-1938)

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    Coventry-Victor (1911-1938)

    Coventry-Victor car history Hillfields, Coventry UK Industry Manufacturing and engineering Successor(s) AN Weaver (Coventry Victor) Ltd. Founded 1911 Headquarters Coventry UK ...

  • Crouch (1912-1928)

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    Crouch (1912-1928)

    Crouch Cars history Coventry, England UK Type Private Industry Automotive Founded 1912 Founder(s) John Walter Fisher Crouch Headquarters Coventry, England Products Automobile ...

  • Daimler History (1896)

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    Daimler History (1896)

    The Daimler Company Limited History Industry Automotive Fate from 1960 a division of Jaguar Cars Abbey Road, Whitley Coventry CV3 4LF Successor(s) Jaguar Cars continue to use the ...

  • Dawson (1919-1921)

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    Dawson (1919-1921)

    Dawson Car Company history Coventry UK Manufacturer Dawson Car Company Production 1919-1921 Assembly Clay Lane, Stoke, Coventry, England Body style open two-seat open four-seat ...

  • Garrard & Blumfield (1894-1896)

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    1890s

    Garrard & Blumfield Car History Coventry UK 1894 to 1896 The Garrard & Blumfield or Blumfield & Garrard was an English electric car manufacturer from 1894 to 1896. The company is ...

  • Hillman History (1907-1976)

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    Hillman History (1907-1976)

    Hillman Motor Car Company history Industry Automotive industry Fate Merged Successor(s) Rootes Group Founded 1907 Founder(s) William Hillman Defunct 1931 Headquarters ...

  • Humber History (1898-1976)

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    1890s
    Humber History (1898-1976)

    Humber Car manufacturer History Coventry.Great Britain Industry Automotive industry Fate Merged Successor(s) Rootes Group Founded 1868 Defunct 1931 Headquarters Coventry, England ...

  • Jaguar History (1922-)

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    1920s
    Jaguar History (1922-)

    Jaguar History Type Private limited company Industry Automotive Founded 11 September 1922 (as Swallow Sidecar Company) Founder(s) Sir William Lyons and William Walmsley ...

  • Lanchester History (1896-1930)

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    Lanchester History (1896-1930)

    Lanchester Motor Company history Former type Private Industry Automotive Fate purchased by BSA group 1930 Successor(s) The Daimler Company Limited Founded (business) Birmingham ...

  • Lea-Francis history (1903-1960)

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    Lea-Francis history (1903-1960)

    Lea-Francis Car History History Richard Henry Lea and Graham Inglesby Francis started the business in Coventry in 1895. They branched out into car manufacture in 1903 and ...

  • Lee Stroyer (1903-1905)

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    1900s

    Lee Stroyer car history East Street, Coventry UK Lee Stroyer was a British petrol engine manufacturing company and a producer of a limited number of cars. Founded in East Street, ...

  • M.M.C (1898-1908)

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    M.M.C (1898-1908)

    The Motor Manufacturing Co (M.M.C) 1898-1906 Coventry 1907-1908 Clapham UK M.M.C. was a British automobile manufacturer. Company History The Company The Great Horseless Carriage ...

  • Maudslay (1902-1948)

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    Maudslay (1902-1948)

    Maudslay Motor Company Coventry UK 1902-1948 The Maudslay Motor Company was a British vehicle maker based in Coventry. It was founded in 1902 and continued until 1948 when it was ...

  • Premier Cycle Co (1912)

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    Premier Cycle Co (1912)

    Premier Cycle Co (1912) Coventry UK from 1898 later renamed the New Premier Cycle Co. In 1912 the Premier Cycle Car was offerd with a air cooled twin 85x 85mm ,Bosh high tension ...

  • Ranger (1913-1915)

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    Ranger (1913-1915)

    Ranger Car history 1913- 1915 Coventry (Warwickshire). UK The Ranger Cyclecar Co. Ltd.. was a British automobile manufacturer in Coventry (Warwickshire). Between 1913 and 1915 In ...

  • Rex (1901-1914)

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    Rex (1901-1914)

    Rex motorcar history Coventry. UK 1901-1914 Company History The company Birmingham Motor Manufacturing and Supply Co Limited began in 1901 in Birmingham with the production of ...

  • Ridley (1901-1907)

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    Ridley (1901-1907)

    Ridley motorcar history Coventry ,Warwickshire UK 1901 to 1907 A Ridley 3 ½ hp Voiturette (1902) The Ridley Autocar Co. Ltd.. was a British automobile manufacturer in Coventry ...

  • Riley History

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    1890s
    Riley History

    Riley Motor Company Coventry History Industry Automotive Fate Acquired by William Morris in 1938 thereafter with Morris Motors Limited Successor(s) Nuffield Organisation Founded ...

  • Rudge-Whitworth (1912-1913)

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    Rudge-Whitworth (1912-1913)

    Rudge-Whitworth history Predecessor Rudge Cycle Co, Whitworth Cycle Co Founded 1894 merger of predecessors Founder(s) Daniel Rudge, Charles H Pugh Defunct 1939 Headquarters ...

  • Siddeley-Deasy (1906-1919)

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    Siddeley-Deasy (1906-1919)

    Siddeley Deasy History (1906) Motor Manufacturing Company Ltd . A 1913 Siddeley Deasy car The Siddeley Deasy Motor Manufacturing Company Ltd . based in Coventry was a British ...

  • Singer history (1901)

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    Singer history (1901)

    Singer Motors Car manufacturer Founded Coventry Great Britain (1901) Former type Private Industry Automobile industry Motorcycle until 1915 Bicycle industry until 1915 Fate Taken ...

  • SS Cars History

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    1930s
    SS Cars History

    SS Cars Ltd History (jaguar) (1934-1945) Fate Renamed to Jaguar Cars Ltd Successor(s) Jaguar Cars Founded 1934 Defunct 1945 Headquarters Coventry, England SS Cars Ltd was a ...

  • Stoneleigh (1912-1924)

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    Stoneleigh (1912-1924)

    Stoneleigh Cars history Coventry UK 1912 to 1924 A 1923 Stoneleigh Stoneleigh was a British manufacturer of automobiles. Company History The company Stoneleigh Motors Limited of ...

  • Sturmey (1906-1907)

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    1900s

    Sturmey Motors History Coventry,Warwickshire UK (1906-1907) Sturmey Motors was a British automobile manufacturer in Coventry (Warwickshire) from 1906 to 1907. There were five ...

  • Swallow Sidecar History (1922-1961)

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    1920s
    Swallow Sidecar History (1922-1961)

    Swallow Sidecar Company history 1931 Austin 7 Swallow saloon Also see SS cars. The Swallow Sidecar Company was founded on 4 September 1922 by two friends, William Walmsley and ...

  • Swift history (1900-1931)

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    Swift history (1900-1931)

    Swift Motor Company history Coventry, England from 1900 to 1931 The Swift Motor Company made Swift Cars in Coventry, England from 1900 until 1931. It grew progressively from ...

  • Taylor-Swetnam (1913)

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    1910s

    Taylor-Swetnam & Co. history Coventry Warwickshire UK (1913) Taylor-Swetnam & Co. was a British automobile manufacturer that was based in Coventry (Warwickshire) only in 1913. ...

  • Triumph History

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    1890s
    Triumph History

    Triumph Cars History Fate Taken over by Standard Motor Company later merged with and continuing as a division of Leyland Motors Ltd and its successors Founded 1885 Defunct 1984 ...

  • Viking (1915)

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    1910s

    Viking Motors History Coventry,Warwickshire UK. (1915) The Viking Motors Ltd.. was a British car manufacturer, which was only established in 1915 in Coventry (Warwickshire). The ...