Lanchester

The Lanchester Motor Company Limited was a British car manufacturer that produced luxury cars from 1895 until 1955. The company was initially based in Birmingham, England before moving to Coventry. After being purchased by the BSA Group in 1930, Lanchester's cars were made by Daimler and eventually became part of Jaguar Cars in 1960. The rights to the Lanchester car brand were transferred to Jaguar Land Rover Limited in 2013. Although the company is no longer active, it remains registered as an active company and accounts are filed each year.

The Lanchester Motor Company was founded in 1899 by the Lanchester brothers, Frederick, George and Frank, along with financial support from the Pugh brothers of Rudge-Whitworth. Their first car was designed as a car, not a horseless carriage, and was completed in 1896 with a single-cylinder engine. The company produced their first production cars in 1900 with a two-cylinder engine and introduced the first disc brakes to the public in 1902. In 1931, the company was purchased by BSA-Daimler, and eventually became part of Jaguar Cars in 1960. The last Lanchester car was produced in 1955, and the marque has been unused since then. The Lanchester Motor Company is still registered as an active company, but is marked as "non-trading".