Lanchester was a British car marque built by the Lanchester Motor Company Limited between 1899 and 1955, begun by the three Lanchester brothers, Frederick, George and Frank, with the financial support of the Pugh brothers of Rudge-Whitworth. Work on the first car began in 1895 and it ran on the road in 1896, designed from first principles as a car rather than a horseless carriage, with a single-cylinder engine with two connecting rods turning counter-rotating crankshafts. The first production cars came in 1900 and in 1902 Lanchester was the first to market disc brakes. The company was at Armourer Mills in Birmingham and then at Sandy Lane in Coventry, was bought by the BSA Group in 1930, and with Daimler became part of Jaguar Cars in 1960. The marque has been dormant since, and its rights passed to Jaguar Land Rover.
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the rights to the Lanchester car brand were transferred to the newly formed British multinational car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover.
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The Lanchester Motor Company Limited was a British car manufacturer in active trade between 1899 and 1955.
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The Lanchester Motor Company Limited was a British car manufacturer in active trade between 1899 and 1955.
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So, with Daimler, Lanchester became part of Jaguar Cars in 1960.
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The Lanchester 8 hp Phaeton is a brass era automobile designed by Frederick W. Lanchester, developed and built by the Lanchester Motor Company, produced between 1895 and 1900.
Lanchester 10 (Wikipedia)
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The Lanchester 10, or Lanchester Ten, is a model of car that was produced by the Lanchester Motor Company intermittently from 1900 until 1951.
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The Lanchester Ten and Lanchester Eleven were sold by The Lanchester Motor Company Limited from the Ten's announcement in September 1932 until 1951.
Lanchester 38 HP (Wikipedia)
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The Lanchester 38 HP was a luxury British touring car produced by the Lanchester Motor Company in the early 1910s.
Lanchester Eighteen 15/18 (Wikipedia)
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The Lanchester Eighteen, at first known as the 15/18, was announced at the beginning of October 1931.
Lanchester Fourteen (Wikipedia)
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The Lanchester Fourteen Roadrider is a six-cylinder automobile introduced by the Lanchester Motor Company in the beginning of September 1936.
Lanchester Light Six (Wikipedia)
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The Lanchester Light Six was a small luxury car in the twelve tax horsepower class manufactured for The Lanchester Motor Company Limited by BSA subsidiary The Daimler Company Limited.
Lanchester armoured car (Wikipedia)
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The Lanchester armoured car was a British armoured car built on the chassis of the Lanchester "Sporting Forty", it saw wide service with the Royal Naval Air Service and British Army during the First World War.
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The Lanchester 6×4 armoured car was a British armoured car with a 6×4 drivetrain produced in limited numbers in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
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