Manufacturers and related items of Coventry UK
Academy (1906-1908)
ManufacturersAcademy 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 White and Poppe. It was mainly sold to The Motor Academy in London, an early driving school who were probably the first to ...
Albatros (1922-1924)
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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 origin of the name is reputed to be derived from a play on the name of one Albert Ross, who was Manwaring's mentor and bos ...
Allard (1899-1902)
ManufacturersAllard 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 1902. Originally a bicycle company, Allard moved into the motor industry by producing motor tricycles; the company then move ...
Alvis History (1919-)
Manufacturers 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 stationary engines, carburetors and motorscooters. Following complaints from the Avro aircraft company whose logo bore similar ...
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 as a light and somewhat crude cyclecar, by the time production finished four years later, it had grown into a well-made ...
Ariel (1900-1925)
Manufacturers Ariel Car History Birmingham and Coventry,Great Britain Ariel was a bicycle, motorcycle and automobile marque manufacturer based in Bournbrook, Birmingham, England, which dated back to 1847. Car production, which began in 1900, moved to Coventry in 1911, but ceased in 1925. The last motorcycle-type ...
Armstrong Siddeley History
Manufacturers Armstrong Siddeley Car History Great Britain Industry Motor cars Aircraft engines Light engineering Fate Merged with Hawker Aircraft (1935) Merged with Bristol Aero Engines (1960) became Bristol Siddeley Merged with Rolls-Royce (1966) Successor(s) Armstrong Siddeley Owners Club Ltd Founded 1919 Def ...
Armstrong Whitworth (1904)
Manufacturers Armstrong Whitworth History Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd Predecessor(s) W.G. Armstrong & Mitchell Company Successor(s) Vickers-Armstrongs Founded 1847 (W.G. Armstrong Co.) Defunct 1927 Headquarters Newcastle upon Tyne, England Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd was a major British manufac ...
Arno (1908)
ManufacturersArno 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 shaft drive, was introduced at that year's Stanley Show.
Autovia (1935-1938)
Manufacturers 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 V-8 Transmission 4-speed pre selector 4-speed manual Wheelbase 129 inches (3.28 m) Length 175 or 183 inches (4.45 or 4.65 m ...
Billings-Burns (1900)
ManufacturersBillings-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. Billings was powered by a 2 1⁄4 hp De Dion single-cylinder engine mounted in the open at the front of the car. The Burns pa ...
Broadway (1913)
ManufacturersBroadway 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 British 4 wheeled cyclecar made only in 1913 by the Broadway Cyclecar Co of Coventry. The car was powered by an air-cooled ...
BSA History (1907-1940)
Manufacturers 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 motor-car department in an unsuccessful effort to make use of the Sparkbrook Birmingham factory. An independent part of the s ...
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. The company had made cars under the Chota name from 1912. The first cars were a 746 cc cyclecar and a 1492 cc V-twin-engin ...
Calcott (1913-1925)
Manufacturers 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 manufacturer in 1886 taking advantage of a boom in the cycling industry at that time. The end of the century brought an e ...
Centaur Cycle (1900-1901)
Manufacturers 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 automobiles, which was from 1875-1910 located in West Orchard Coventry. Founders and owners were George Gilbert (1853-1915) an ...
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