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Men who sparked the ignition Though we are celebrating the centenary of the British motor industry and its oldest company Daimler, it would have been difficult for the most patriotic of automobilists to have purchased a British-built car during 1896. Other early ventures also failed to achieve success: the Britannia Company of Colchester was a successful maker of lathes and engineering equipment and their 1896 catalogue listed a range of "Facile" motor carriages powered by their single-cylinder "heavy oil" engine, though it seems that only electric carriages and bathchairs were actually made. But when Lawson, who had made a considerable fortune floating heavily over-capitalised companies on a gullible public, acquired Simms' company at the end of 1895, he relaunched it as a company whose purpose was the manufacture of motor cars. www.brooklands.org.uk /Montagu/MONT7.HTM

British Motor Manufacturers 1894-1960, BSA BSA negotiated to buy Daimler and the deal was announced in The Times of 2nd September 1910. The amalgamation allowed the Daimler name to continue although the Daimler Company was wound up. BSA acquired Lanchester in 1931 and built the Light 6 until 1936. www.britishmm.co.uk /history.asp?id=178

British Motor Manufacturers 1894-1960, Lanchester In 1904 the Lanchester Engine Company was forced into bankruptcy due to the incompetence of the Directors, and was immediately reformed as The Lanchester Motor Company. After the BSA/ Daimler Group takeover in 1933 the company's products began to lose their position as components were shared with Daimler and BSA. Three, of eight Lanchester brothers were involved in the motor industry, Frederick (born 1868), Frank (born 1870) and George (born 1874). www.britishmm.co.uk /history.asp?id=540

The Company British Leyland came to be in 1968, as a merger of Leyland (Rover, Land Rover and Triumph) and British Motor Holdings (Jaguar, Daimler, Austin and Austin Healey, Morris, MG, Daimler, and others). In 1945, Sir John Black head of The Standard Motor Company bought the name and started "The Standard-Triumph Motor Company Limited" with the long-term goal of competing with MG and Jaguar. In 1915 Standard moved the company to a factory in Canley, Coventry where they manufactured aircraft during the war. tr6.bravepages.com /the_company.htm   (1501 words)

At the Bremen Exhibition in 1888, or 1890, Gottlicb During the post-vintage years numerous models were produced bearing the name of Daimler or Lanchester and to a lesser extent B.S.A. Up to 1939 and for a short while after the second World War, the greatest coach-builders in the country collaborated with the Company, each producing and adding something distinctive and original to the coachwork. In 1893 Simms registered the Daimler Motor Syndicate Ltd. Several important and far reaching changes were in the early days effected in relation to the structure and control of the several companies which successively acquired the patents. The respective governments of South Africa in 1947, and New Zealand in 1953, commissioned the Company to supply fleets of Daimlers for use on tour by the Royal Family www.bransbury.com /dloctxt.htm   (1501 words)

CyberSnippets The company was amalgamated with BSA (the Birmingham Small Arms Co.) in 1910 and this was reported in the Financial Times as "-- one of the most important ever effected in the motor industry". The demand for motor cars was not great and Gottlieb Daimler was more interested in the engines themselves as a means of propulsion for all forms of transport and so it was not until 1886 that a purpose built chassis was fitted with a Daimler engine. Simms changed the name of his company to the Diamler Motor Syndicate in 1893 and although the majority of the engines were sold for marine use Simms was already very involved with the new Automobile industry. www.motorsnippets.com /cars/daimler   (1501 words)

A Catalogue of the Papers of the Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited Various deposits of Daimler Motor Co. Ltd.'s records are held by Coventry City Record Office (Accession 594), with further Daimler material in Accessions 669, 680, 682, 699, 1054, 1358, 1620. A post-war boom in motor cycles meant that BSA Motor Cycles Ltd. was created in 1953 (separate from BSA Cycles Ltd.). In 1951, the Group purchased Triumph Engineering Co. Ltd., and in the mid-1950s, Carbodies of Coventry and the Idoson Motor Cylinder Co. Further companies, such as BSA Broach Co. Ltd. www.warwick.ac.uk /services/library/mrc/019.htm   (1501 words)

BSA Metal Powders The BSA Company consists of 67 factories ranging from steel works, drop forging and press shops, metal components, general engineering, machine tools, gun division, Lanchester and Daimler motor cars and motorcycles. The Lanchester Car Company taken over by Daimler (who had been acquired by the BSA Company in 1910) to become part of the BSA combine. The BSA Company buys Triumph and continues to expand, acquiring companies including Hudson, Sunbeam, Carbodies, Jessop Saville Small Tools as well as part of the Alfred Herbert Group. www.bsapowders.com /content/index.php?id=105   (1501 words)

Lanchester Motor Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The company was taken over by BSA in 1931 and generally overlooked by the company in favour of Daimler, another car marque of theirs. Lanchester Motor Company was a car manufacturer based in Birmingham, England. The company was started by Frederick William Lanchester, one of the most influencial automobile engineers of the 19th and 20th century. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lanchester_Motor_Company   (1501 words)

Daimler History 5 After the war it returned to the manufacture of high-quality motor carriages, and it was during this period that some of the most magnificent Daimler power-plants, chassis and coachbuilt bodies were produced. In 1910 the Daimler Company, which had been beset with financial difficulties from the very beginning, was swallowed by the giant Birmingham Small Arms Company. (At one time Lanchester was the most expensive car in the world.) The onslaught of the Depression, however, sent many luxury car-makers to the wall, and in 1931 Lanchester found itself the target of a takeover bid by the BSA group. www.fletcherservices.com.au /fs_016.htm   (1501 words)

New Ssangyong Korando joins offroad leisure market - 21/1/98 Daimler-Benz AG is a minority shareholder in the Ssangyong Motor Company and shares its technical resources. The Ssangyong Motor Company is Korea& fourth largest automotive manufacturer and has produced commercial vehicles for more than 40 years. Ssangyong Korando has been engineered to please both serious offroaders and drivers seeking a ‘lifestyle’ fashion 4x4 where appearance and on-road manners just as important than departure angles. www.fastlane.com.au /News/korando.htm   (754 words)

Lane Motor Museum - Nashville, TN MORRIS MOTOR COMPANY WAS STARTED IN THE 1920s AND ESTABLISHED A REPUTATION FOR RELIABLE FAMILY CARS. IN 1970, THE COMPANY BECAME PART OF DAIMLER-BENZ AND VANS OF TEMPO SHAPE WERE MADE NDER THE MERCEDES NAME UNTIL 1977. IN THE 1950s, MORRIS MERGED WITH ITS OLD RIVAL AUSTIN TO FORM BRITISH MOTOR CORP. ABOUT THIS TIME, SIR ALEC ISSIGONIS AND JOHN COOPER COLLABORATED TO CREATE A NIMBLE, ECONOMICAL, AND INEXPENSIVE CAR–THE MINI COOPER. www.lanemotormuseum.org /newarrivals.htm   (944 words)

Behring biography All over England, vintage Lanchesters were still being driven daily during the late 1930s-long after the company had been absorbed by Daimler and its inventor had turned his talents to optics, music, relativity, radiation, and poetry. To say that the Lanchester was different hardly does justice to one of the most remarkable automobiles of the Edwardian Age. The Lanchester automobile owed its unusual appearance to the position of its engine, which sat longitudinally between the two front seats, well behind the axle. www.lanchester.com /Behring1.html   (944 words)

Countrybookshop.co.uk - Daimler and Lanchester From beginings in a German workshop in the early 1880s, the Daimler company grew to be one of the greastest of Britain's motor manufacturers between the wars. Lanchester, meanwhile, was the first all-British petrol-driven motor vehicle which was developed with virtually no accompanying publicity in 1894 by Frederick Lanchester, a pioneer motor engineer and inventor. A history of the Daimler and Lanchester car companies, from their indiviual origins, through to their merger in 1931, takeover by Jaguar in 1960, and takeover by Ford in 1989. www.countrybookshop.co.uk /books/index.phtml?whatfor=1873361017   (944 words)

Jaguar Cars Daimler Century The growing band of motoring enthusiasts eventually managed to gain the ear of those in power and when HRH the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, showed his support for the cause, it was obvious the motorist's future was more promising. Premises were bought in Coventry, then at the heart of the cycle and engineering industry and the Motor Mills, as they became known, were to be the centre of several of Lawson's enterprises. In 1984, Jaguar was returned to the private sector and two years later the company launched acompletely new saloon range, the XJ40 with a new 'AJ' six-cylinder engine. www.jaguarcars.com /uk/sdc   (944 words)

The Coventry and Warwickshire Network - Motor Industry, Coventry: Daimler In 1904 the Daimler Motor Company Ltd was formed. In 1896 a financial group, the British Motor Syndicate, purchased Simms' company, and in the same year production began of the first British Daimlers. Daimler went on to take over the Lanchester Motor Company Ltd in 1931. www.coventry.org.uk /heritage2/industry/motor/daimler1.htm   (944 words)

Background Information - Motor Manufacturers in Britain Jaguar acquired Daimler Company in 1957 and in 1960 they purchased Guy Motors of Wolverhampton and Coventry Climax Engines Ltd. In 1966 Jaguar was acquired by the British Motor Corporation Ltd. and in 1968 BMC was merged with Leyland Motors to form British Leyland. The company was subsequently privatised and the motor car division operated under the Rover Group name until 1994 when the company was sold to the German firm BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG). Leyland Bus and Truck division merged with the Dutch DAF company to form Leyland DAF in 1987, this failed in 1993 and the Leyland operation was taken on by a management buy-out. myweb.tiscali.co.uk /gansg/00-app1/motorman.htm   (944 words)

Daimler & Lanchester History In mid 1900, Simms had proposed a merger between Daimler Coventry and Daimler Connstatt, but the Daimler Motor Company identity was firmly established and the board turned him down. By this time, it was struggling to hold onto the patents which Harry J. Lawson had originally bought and had Licensed to the Daimler Motor Company and other motor manufacturers. Also, in the same year, the original Daimler motor syndicate, which had become the British Motor Syndicate, now became the British Motor Company. www.daimler.co.uk /history/html/1898-1900.htm   (944 words)

Cars in Coventry he started the Daimler motor Company in 1896. This company, a partnership between William Lyons and William Walmsley, moved to Coventry in1928. His company made Hillman cars into the 1980's as part of the Rootes group of companies. www.thecoventrypages.net /hstoric-Cov/cars.asp   (944 words)

DLOC : Daimler & Lanchester Car Club In 1913 the B irmingham S mall A rms Company acquired the Daimler Motor Company. Hooper of St. James's, a company that later became part of Daimler. The diversity of the company's output over a 50 year period is prodigious, with technical innovations such as the sleeve valve engine in 1908, and the development of the preselective gearbox with a “fluid flywheel'. www.dloc.org.uk /the_cars/index.aspx   (944 words)

Daimler became one of its victims, with Daimler/BSA buying the company for £26,371. By 1929 the company closed down the body building side and contracted this to outside suppliers. Priced at £565, this 2504cc six kept a lot of the Lanchester innovations along with Daimler's fluid flywheel. www.daimler.co.uk /history/html/1929-1932.htm   (944 words)

product.asp?productid=1189378&progid=3602 Hyundai Motor Company is just one channel in a series of 37. Your Hyundai Motor Company Strategic Insight is beneficial to you on a variety of levels: Daimler Chrysler AG 2006 Company Profile Edition 1 www.marketresearch.com /land/product.asp?productid=1189378&progid=3602   (258 words)

Author's Biography: Jeffrey Diamond No affiliation with, or authorization or endorsement by, the Harley-Davidson Motor Company®, Triumph Motor Company®, Norton Motor Company®, Mikuni Corporation®, Chrysler Corporation® or Daimler-Chrysler® is stated or implied is implied. The names “Harley-Davidson”, “Harley”, “H-D”, “Servi-Car”, “Sportster”, “S&S”, “Triumph”, “Norton”, “Bonneville”, “Mikuni”, “Chrysler”, “DeSoto”, “Dodge”, “Plymouth”, “Saratoga”, “Windsor”, “Adventurer”, “Spitfire”, “D-500”, “Edelbrock”, “Weiand”, “Offenhauser”, “Iskenderian”, “Crower”, “Crane”, and any and all other protected marks foreign and domestic are shown for reference purposes only. Buyer agrees to pay all legal and other costs associated with, or resulting from, any claim or recovery for improper use of this material, and to hold Jeffrey Diamond harmless from any claim, third party claim or cross-claim for injury, damage or loss due to application of information contained in this material. victorylibrary.com /bio.htm   (625 words)

Daimler Home Page The Daimler Lanchester Club of Victoria (DLCV) caters for all persons who are interested in the vehicles produced by the Daimler Motor Car Company, Lanchester Motors and BSA. The DLCV has a calendar of functions throughout the year, the most important of which is the annual Concours D'Elegance and Display Day. The DLCV meets monthly at its clubrooms at Deepdene Hall, Deepdene Park, Whitehorse Road, Deepdene 3103 (Melways map 46, A8) at 8.00 PM on the second Friday of each month except January (no meeting held). www.fletcherservices.com.au /fs_011.htm   (625 words)

Auto History Hyundai Motor Car company founded as a part of the Hyundai group. British Daimler Company pioneered Fluid flywheel transmission with steering column selector. The Rover Company merges with the Leyland Motor Corporation (UK). www.trentyne.com /driventodrive/autohistory.html   (625 words)

Jaguar Automobilia Collector (JAC) pages - JAC Index The company's "Pocket Manual" was printed and bound as three separate volumes: Part 1 - Descriptive Manual; Part 2 - Driving Manual and Part 3 - Engineer's Manual. Chapters include; Motor Car Driving, The Lanchester Car, How We Train Drivers, Attendant's Duties, plus Lists of Spares, Tools, etc. Fully illustrated throughout with line drawings and 35 contemporary photographs of cars, controls, tools and spare parts. A substantial collection of Lanchester and (mainly) Daimler items has been entered. www.jaguarautomobilia.com /jacpa4-4.html   (625 words)

Sports Car Market > Profiles > 1999 The merger of Daimler and Benz in the mid 1920s came at a time of acute difficulty for the German motor industry. Their trucks and light-commercial range have been options since the company's early days, and the small business owner or manager could choose from a myriad of body styles to suit the need at hand. The introduction of the 250 GT in 1954 is seen by many as the company's first serious attempt at making a rational production car and it started a line of some of the most successful GT cars ever built. www.sportscarmarket.com /profiles/1999   (2707 words)

daimler This was the origin of the Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, (meaning " Daimler Motor Company"), which built cars from the 1890s... The history of the mergers is as follows: 1910 Daimler purchased by engineering company BSA 1931 Lanchester purchased... Wolseley 1896 Lanchester 1896 Leyland Motors (commercial vehicles) 1896 Daimler 1898 Riley 1903 Standard 1904 Rover 1905 Austin... www.wikisearch.net /daimler   (2707 words)

Automotive Books. Packard A History Of The Motor Car And The Company. A Pictorial History of the First Quarter Century of Commercial Motor Vehicles.. Bugatti, Duesenberg, Daimler, Jeep, Jaguar, Marmon, Mercedes, Kissel, Lagonda, Stutz, Tucker, York. members.shaw.ca /collectibles101/autobooks.htm   (697 words)

icCoventry - Birth of the car industry Motor Mills was also occupied by the Daimler Company and E.J. Pennington, a dubious American who made many claims, made lots of money, did nothing and finally fled back to America where, it was claimed, he was buried in a dollar grave. Horseless Carriage Company Oater re-named the Motor Manufacturing Company) and the Daimler Company, both owned by the syndicate. The Great Horseless Carriage Company became the Motor Manufacturing Company in the spring of 1898 and continued producing cars, as did the Daimler Company. iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk /0850cityhistory/0600motorcity/tm_objectid=11011925&method=full&siteid=50003&headline=birth-of-the-car-industry-name_page.html   (1225 words)

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