Lyons-Knight
 The Car of Silence | |
| Industry | Automotive |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Atlas Engine Works |
| Founded | 1913 |
| Founder | James W. Lyons, William P. Lyons, George W. Lyons |
| Defunct | 1915 |
| Fate | Ended Car production |
| Headquarters | Indianapolis, Indiana , |
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
[edit]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 $138,214 in 2025)
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 $102,857 in 2025). 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]
1913 Lyons-Knight Advertising
1914 Lyons-Knight Advertising
Lyons-Atlas Company continued building engines and manufactured Standard marine engines for Britain during World War I.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kimes, Beverly Rae; Clark Jr., Henry Austin (1996). Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 (3rd ed.). Iola, WI: Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87341-428-9.
- 1 2 Georgano, Nick, ed. (2001). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Vol. 1–3. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. ISBN 1-57958-293-1.
- Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States
- Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Indiana
- Cars powered by Knight engines
- Defunct companies based in Indiana
- Brass Era vehicles
- 1910s cars
- Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1913
- Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1915
- Cars introduced in 1913
- Cars of the United States