Alvis Car and Engineering Company

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
Coventry, England
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Thomas George John
    Chairman and managing director, 1919–1944
  • Geoffrey de Freville
  • John Joseph Parkes
    Chairman and managing director, 1946–1973
  • George Thomas Smith-Clarke
    Chief engineer and general manager, 1922–1950
  • William M. Dunn
    Chief engineer, vehicle division, 1922–1959
  • A. F. Varney
    Chief Engineer, aero engine division, 1922–1972
ProductsAutomobiles, military vehicles, aircraft engines
Websitewww.thealviscarcompany.co.uk
Footnotes / references

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.

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, its successor company began manufacturing the brand’s classic models again.

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