Vehicle manufacturers For War Time
Ruston & Hornsby (1918-1966)
ManufacturersRuston & Hornsby History (1918) Former type Private Industry Engineering Fate Merger Predecessor(s) Ruston, Proctor and Company Successor(s) European Gas Turbines, Siemens Founded 1918 (1857 and 1840 as Ruston Proctor) Defunct 1966 (bought by English Electric), and 2003 (bought by Siemens) Headquar ...
Schütte-Lanz (1920-1924)
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Schütte-Lanz Vehicle manufacturer Mannheim - Rheinau Germany from 1920 to 1924 The company Luftschiffbau Schütte-Lanz was concerned at first construction of airships , later also with airplanes and automobiles. It was the largest German competition Ferdinand von Zeppelins in the field of rigid airs ...
Sheffield-Simplex (1907-1920)
Manufacturers Sheffield-Simplex History (1907-1920) Sheffield-Simplex was a British car and motorcycle manufacturer operating from 1907 to 1920 based in Sheffield, Yorkshire, and Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. The company received financial backing from the coal magnate Earl Fitzwilliam. The first few cars were c ...
Siddeley-Deasy (1906-1919)
Manufacturers 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 manufacturer of automobiles, airplanes and engines. The company has existed since 1906. 1919 was combined with the vehicle a ...
Standard Beaverette (1940-1942)
Military vehicles Standard Beaverette WWII 1940s Type Armoured car Place of origin United Kingdom Production history Manufacturer Standard Motor Company Specifications Weight Mk I: 2 tonnes (2.2 short tons; 2.0 long tons) Mk III: 2.6 tonnes (2.9 short tons; 2.6 long tons) Length Mk I: 4.11 m (13 ft 6 in) Mk III: 3.1 ...
Star Motor Company (1898-32)
Manufacturers Star Motor Company 1898-1932 The Star Motor Company was a British car and commercial vehicle maker based in Wolverhampton and active from 1898 to 1932. At its peak Star was the UK's sixth largest car manufacturer and produced around 1000 cars a year. Star was founded by the Lisle family who like ma ...
Steiger (1920-1924)
Manufacturers Walther Steiger & Co. Automotive manufacturer Burgrieden; Germany From 1920 to 1934. The Steiger company was founded in 1914 as Maschinenfabrik (engine factory) Walther Steiger & Co. by the Swiss engineer Walther Steiger (1881–1943) in Burgrieden near Ulm, Germany. In 1921 it became a limited compa ...
Straker-Squire (1906-1926)
Manufacturers Straker-Squire Car History London UK From 1893 to 1926 15 hp Mark 1. 1910 model Straker-Squire (also known as Brazil Straker) was a British automobile manufacturer based in Bristol, and later Edmonton in North London. The company was formed in 1893 at St Philips, Bristol, as Brazil, Straker & Co by ...
Sunbeam-Talbot History
Manufacturers Sunbeam-Talbot History Background history The Sunbeam Motorcar Company Ltd was formed in 1905 to separate the Sunbeam motorcycle and bicycle maker from the new car manufacturer. Sunbeam merged with the French company Automobiles Darracq S.A. on August 13, 1920. In order to import Clément-Bayard car ...
Swift history (1900-1931)
Manufacturers 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 James Starley's Coventry Sewing Machine Company, via bicycle and motorised cycle manufacture. The cars ranged from a single-c ...
Talbot history (1903-1992)
Manufacturers Talbot car history Former type Private Industry Automotive Founded 1903 Defunct 1992 Key people Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, Adolphe Clément Alexandre Darracq Products Automobiles Talbot was an automobile marque that existed from 1903 to 1992, with a hiatus from 1960 to 1978, under a number of differen ...
Tempo (Vidal and Sohn) History (1924-1977)
Manufacturers Tempo (Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke) Automotive manufacturer Hamburg; Germany From 1924 to 1977. Tempo, (also known as Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke GmbH), was a Germanautomobile manufacturer based in Hamburg. The company was founded by Oscar Vidal in 1924. The company was well known in Germany, producing p ...
Tilling-Stevens history (1906-1953)
Manufacturers Tilling-Stevens Ltd Commercial vehicles manufacturer of Maidstone, Kent Great Britain from 1906 to 1953. Tilling-Stevens was a British manufacturer of buses and other commercial vehicles, based in Maidstone, Kent. Originally established in 1897, it became a specialist in petrol-electric vehicles. I ...
Tornax (1934-1937)
Manufacturers Tornax Automotive manufacturer Wuppertal; Germany From 1934 to 1937. Tornax was a motorcycle and car manufacturer in Wuppertal, Germany. In 1934, the company began manufacturing a small sports car called the Tornax Rex . The self-designed in 1933 car with central tube frame and dressed by Hebmüller ...
Trippelwerk (1934-1952)
Manufacturers Trippel (Trippelwerke GmbH ) Vehicle manufacturer Homburg History Germany from 1934 to 1952 German Schwimmwagen Vehicle manufacturer war time Germany, and cars from 1949 to 1952. History Hans Trippel experimented since 1932 with Schwimmwagen . In 1934 he founded the Trippelwerk in Homburg and began ...
Triumph History
Manufacturers 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 Headquarters Coventry, England Key people Siegfried Bettmann, Moritz (Maurice) Schulte (founders) Parent Standard Motors L ...
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