Daimler license production in Coventry

  • Date
    14 January 1896
  • Description
    Henry Lawson founds Daimler Motor Company, Ltd., which acquires the rights for the use of the Daimler patents from British Motor Syndicate, Ltd. and starts production in Coventry in May the following year. This is the oldest automobile plant in the United Kingdom.
Front cover of a brochure from the Daimler Motor Company Ltd., London/Coventry, circa 1896.
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Daimler Motor Company
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