Sturmey Motor and Engineering Co
From Graces Guide
of Lotis Works, Coventry
1907 Company formed by Henry Sturmey and managed by Ernest Groves
All body work by Hewers Car Bodies
1907 Produced a simple, light, and inexpensive delivery van using a single-cylinder 8 horsepower Parsons engine, with kerosene as fuel, the Napier-Parsons van for one year
1908 Introduced the Lotis marque of cars and commercial vehicles. The range included taxicabs and lasted from 1908 to 1911. Initially used a Riley engine but later used the White and Poppe engine.
By 1909 was known as Sturmey Motors Ltd
1912 became British Business Motors
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Sources of Information
- Coventry’s Motorcar Heritage by Damien Kimberley. 2012. ISBN 978 0 7524 5448 1