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Singer Motors Limited was a British motor vehicle manufacturing business, originally a bicycle manufacturer founded as Singer & Co by George Singer, in 1874 in Coventry, England. Singer & Co's bicycle manufacture continued. From 1901 George Singer's Singer Motor Co made cars and commercial vehicles.
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Nov 1, 2023 · 1 November 2023. The timeline of Singer Motors starts in 1874 when the forerunner of the eponymous company, Singer & Co., was founded by George Singer. The company began its journey with the production of bicycles and eventually ventured into the world of cars, making a lasting impact on the British automotive industry.
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From the late twenties to the mid thirties, the Singer Car Company was a prolific manufacturer of a wide range of automobiles. In fact, by 1928, the company had become the third largest manufacturer of private cars in England, thanks largely to the success of the popular Singer Junior.
The Motor-wheel powered machines turned into more conventional motor cycles, which themselves evolved into tricars, an early form of primitive three-wheeled cars. It was in 1905 however when their first true car, a four-wheeled horizontal cylinder engined machine produced under licence from Lea Francis first appeared.
Singer & Co manufactured high quality bicycles. In 1894 it was renamed Singer & Co Ltd, changing in 1896 to the Singer Cycle Co Ltd. In 1903, with motor cars on the horizon, its name reverted to Singer & Co Ltd until 1936, when it became Singer Motors Ltd.
