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Lyons-Knight

The Lyons-Knight was an American automobile manufactured from 1913 until 1915, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Lyons-Atlas Company
IndustryAutomotive
PredecessorAtlas Engine Works
Founded1913 (1913)
FounderJames W. Lyons, William P. Lyons, George W. Lyons
Defunct1915 (1915)
FateEnded Car production
Headquarters
Indianapolis, Indiana
,
United States
Key people
Harry A. Knox, James W. Lyons, William P. Lyons, George W. Lyons
ProductsGasoline 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.21

Beginning in 1913, the Lyons-Knight Model K-4 offered a four-cylinder engine that produced 50-horsepower (37 kW) and was installed in a choice of five or seven passenger touring car, sedan, or berline bodies, using a 130-inch (330 cm) wheelbase. Prices started at $2,900 for the five passenger touring sedan while the berline sedan was $4,300.(equivalent to $138,214 in 2025)

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 $102,857 in 2025). In 1915, only the Model K-4 was offered, but with the addition of limousine and roadster bodies. Automobile manufacturing ended in 1915, soon after Harry Knox resigned from the company.12

  • 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

References

  1. Kimes, Beverly Rae; Clark Jr., Henry Austin (1996). Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 (3rd ed.). Iola, WI: Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87341-428-9.
  2. Georgano, Nick, ed. (2001). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Vol. 1–3. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. ISBN 1-57958-293-1.