Alvis Car and Engineering Company

Alvis Car and Engineering Company Ltd was a British manufacturing company in Coventry from 1919 to 1967. In addition to automobiles designed for the civilian market, the company also produced racing cars, aircraft engines, armoured cars and other armoured fighting vehicles.

Alvis Car and Engineering Company Ltd
Company typePrivate company
IndustryAutomotive industry
FoundedCoventry, England 1919
FounderThomas George John
Defunct1967
SuccessorRover Company
Headquarters
Coventry
,
England
Number of locations
Production locations:
Coventry, England:
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Thomas George John
Chairman and Managing Director, 1919–44

Geoffrey de Freville
John Joseph Parkes
Chairman and Managing Director, 1946–73
George Thomas Smith-Clarke
Chief Engineer and General Manager, 1922–50
William M. Dunn
Chief Engineer, Vehicle Division, 1922–59

A. F. Varney
Chief Engineer, Aero Engine Division, 1922–72
ProductsAutomobiles, military vehicles, aircraft engines
Websitewww.thealviscarcompany.co.uk
Footnotes / references

Car manufacturing ended after the company became a subsidiary of Rover in 1965, but armoured vehicle manufacture continued. Alvis became part of British Leyland and then in 1982 was sold to United Scientific Holdings, which renamed itself Alvis plc.

In 2023, it successor company began manufacturing the brand’s classic models again.

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