Lyons-Knight

Lyons-Atlas Company
	The Car of Silence
Industry	Automotive
Predecessor	Atlas Engine Works
Founded	1913; 111 years ago
Founder	James W. Lyons, William P. Lyons, George W. Lyons
Defunct	1915; 109 years ago
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-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 $97,340 in 2023). 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]

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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.
^ ^a ^b Georgano, Nick (2001). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile (3 vol. ed.). Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. ISBN 1-57958-293-1.

[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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.

[:1-2] Georgano, Nick (2001). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile (3 vol. ed.). Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. ISBN 1-57958-293-1.

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