Humber was a British maker of bicycles, motorcycles and cars. Its company, Humber Limited, was incorporated and listed on the stock exchange in 1887 and took its name from the cycle business of Thomas Humber. A motor division begun in 1896 grew far more important than the cycle side, and the cycle trade marks were sold to Raleigh in 1932. The Rootes brothers became involved through Hillman in 1928, acquired 60 percent of the ordinary capital, and from 1932 began to make Humber the holding company for the vehicle makers that became the Rootes Group, which later included Hillman, Commer, Karrier, Sunbeam-Talbot and Singer. The Chrysler Corporation bought the Group in 1967, and Humber is now a dormant marque for cars as well as cycles.
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Humber Limited was a British manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles, and cars
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1. Grace's Guide: Humber
Grace's GuideChronology, 1887Quote, Chronology, 1887
1887 Humber and Co was formed to amalgamate 4 cycle businesses acquired by William Horton, Joseph Horton, Edward Alfred Hicks, Christopher Norris Baker and others
2. Humber Limited (Wikipedia)
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Humber is now a dormant marque for automobiles as well as cycles
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Humber Limited was a British manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles, and cars
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Humber Limited was a British manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles, and cars
Part Of: Chrysler, Lead, Chrysler purchase
their businesses were bought by the Chrysler Corporation in 1967
Has Part: Sunbeam, Ownership and control, subsidiaries
Sunbeam Motor Car Company 1935 trolleybuses only
Has Part: Singer, Ownership and control, subsidiaries
Singer Motors 1956 (partly owned until February 1964)
Has Part: Commer, Ownership and control, subsidiaries
Commer (Commercial Cars Ltd) 1925
Has Part: Karrier, Ownership and control, subsidiaries
Karrier Motors 1934
View the SourceHumber Super Snipe (Wikipedia)
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The Humber Super Snipe is a car which was produced from 1938 to 1967 by British-based manufacturer Humber Limited.
Humber Hawk (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Humber Hawk, Lead, makeQuote, Has Vehicles: Humber Hawk, Lead, make
manufactured by British-based maunufacturer Humber Limited from 1945 to 1967
Humber Sceptre (Wikipedia)
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The Humber Sceptre is an automobile which was produced in the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1976 by Humber
Humber Pullman (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Humber Pullman, Lead, make
introduced by the British Humber company in 1930
Has Vehicles: Humber Imperial, Introduction
In 1939 the Pullman was joined by the Humber Imperial or Snipe Imperial
View the SourceHumber Snipe (Wikipedia)
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Almost three years later Humber Limited joined what became known as the Rootes Group as part of a necessary restructure of Humber's capital and ownership in July 1932.
Humber light reconnaissance car (Wikipedia)
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Produced by the Rootes Group, the Humber light reconnaissance car was an armoured car based on the Humber Super Snipe chassis
Humber armoured car (Wikipedia)
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shortly after war broke out the Rootes Group were approached to produce an armoured car
Humber scout car (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Humber Scout Car, HistoryQuote, Has Vehicles: Humber Scout Car, History
One of these companies was Humber which along with other companies in the Rootes Group was already producing armoured cars and the Humber Light Reconnaissance Car.
Humber Pig (Wikipedia)
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unarmoured Cargo GS and FFW (fitted for wireless) Humber CT trucks
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