Lyons-Knight

Lyons-Atlas Company

The Car of Silence
Industry	Automotive
Predecessor	Atlas Engine Works
Founded	1913;112 years ago (1913)
Founder	James W. Lyons, William P. Lyons, George W. Lyons
Defunct	1915;110 years ago (1915)
Fate	Ended Car production
Headquarters	Indianapolis, Indiana , United States
Key people	Harry A. Knox, James W. Lyons, William P. Lyons, George W. Lyons
Products	Gasoline Engines, Automobiles

The Lyons-Knight was an American automobile manufactured from 1913 until 1915, in Indianapolis, Indiana. ^[1]

History

Three brothers, James W., William P., and George W. Lyons, purchased the Atlas Engine Works and reorganized as the Lyons-Atlas Company. ^[1] The previous Atlas Company manufactured two-stroke gasoline and diesel engines, and had developed a line of gasoline engines using the Knight sleeve-valve design. ^[1]

The Lyons-Knight featured Knight sleeve-valve engines and worm-drive rear axles, that were designed by Harry A. Knox, who had previously worked at the Atlas-Knight Automobile Company in Springfield, Massachusetts. ^{[2] [1]}

Beginning in 1913, the Lyons-Knight Model K-4 offered a four-cylinder engine that produced 50- horsepower (37 kW) and was installed in a choice of five or seven passenger touring car, sedan, or berline bodies, using a 130-inch (330 cm) wheelbase. Prices started at $2,900 for the five passenger touring sedan while the berline sedan was $4,300.(equivalent to $134,986in 2024)

For 1914, a Model K-6, six-cylinder engine was offered with the same wheelbase in either a five or seven passenger touring sedan for $3,200 (equivalent to $100,454in 2024). In 1915, only the Model K-4 was offered, but with the addition of limousine and roadster bodies. Automobile manufacturing ended in 1915, soon after Harry Knox resigned from the company. ^{[1] [2]}

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  1913 Lyons-Knight Advertising
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  1914 Lyons-Knight Advertising

Lyons-Atlas Company continued building engines and manufactured Standard marine engines for Britain during World War I. ^[1]

References

1. Kimes, Beverly Rae; Clark Jr., Henry Austin (1996). Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 (3rd ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN   978-0-87341-428-9.
2. Georgano, Nick (2001). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile (3 vol. ed.). Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. ISBN   1-57958-293-1.