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.[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 in 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. 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.[1][2] Lyons-Atlas Company continued building engines and manufactured Standard marine engines for Britain during World War I.[1]