03rd November 2009
The Aston Martin is the English alternative to the Bugati and Ferrari. The company was founded in 1913 by mechanical engineer Robert Bamford and wealthy Lionel Martin. The two had met in 1905 as members of a cycling club and progressed during the Edward...
27th October 2009
Jaguar began in 1922, it was originally known as Swallow and Blackpool, Lancashire seemed an unpromising launch platform for a car that became as aspirational as it did. In the years following World War 1, Sir William Lyons, appeared to be a young motorc...
27th October 2009
The Indian Motorcycle Company was founded by George Hendee and Carl Hedstrom, who produced a 1.75 bhp, single cyclinder engine bike which proved successful and sales increased over the next few years.
In 1904, the diamond framed Indian was made availab...
19th October 2009
A family of motorcyclists built the Velocette and this showed through the design and quality of the manufacturing. That family was the Goodman’s, and three generations were to control the Hall Green firm over the years.
Between 1913 and 1925, they p...
16th September 2009
The company was established by George Singer in Coventry to make bicycles in 1875.
In 1909 Singer built a series of racers and roadsters and entered several bikes in races, including the Isle of Man Senior TT in 1914. George E. Stanley broke the one h...
08th September 2009
The superior was the machine of legends. It was an early superbike before the term was coined and was the “Rolls Royce” of the motorcycle world.
George Brough was also a master in the art of publicity, grabbing the best parts for his machines and ...
01st September 2009
AC Cars was established in 1907 and is the oldest British car manufacturer that is still producing vehicles today.
The AC name came from the name of their first commercial three wheeler - the autocarrier, which was designed and manufactured by John Wel...
30th August 2009
A J Stevens & Co (AJS), was founded by Harry, George, Jack and Joe Stevens on 14th November 1909.
Harry set about designing the first two machines called model 'A' and model 'B'. Model 'A' was the cheaper machine, and was fitted with a 2.5hp single cy...
13th August 2009
Coventry-Eagle began in 1890 as Hotchkiss, Mayo & Meek, but they changed their name to Coventry Eagle in 1897 when John Meek left the company. In 1898, they also began to experiment with motorised vehicles and by 1899, production of motorcycles had begun...
13th August 2009
Foden Trucks date back to 1856.
Edwin Foden began his career as an apprentice to an agricultural equipment company of Plant & Hancock. He left them for an apprenticeship at Crewe Railway works, but later returned at the age of 19. Shortly after, he...
