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Industry | Automotive |
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Predecessor | Atlas Engine Works |
Founded | 1913 |
Founder | James W. Lyons, William P. Lyons, George W. Lyons |
Defunct | 1915 |
Fate | Ended Car production |
Headquarters | , |
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]
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-hp and was installed in a choice of five or seven passenger touring car, sedan, or berline bodies, using a 130-inch wheelbase. Prices started at $2,900 for the five passenger touring sedan while the berline sedan was $4,300.
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 K-4 model 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]
Lyons-Atlas Company continued building engines and manufactured Standard marine engines for Britain during World War I. [1]