Lyons-Knight

• Name — Lyons-Atlas Company • Industry — Automotive • Predecessor — Atlas Engine Works • Founder — James W. Lyons, William P. Lyons, George W. Lyons • Fate — Ended Car production • Hq Location City — Indianapolis, Indiana • Hq Location Country — United States • Key People — Harry A. Knox, James W. Lyons, William P. Lyons, George W. Lyons • Products — Gasoline Engines, Automobiles

Three brothers, James W., William P., and George W. Lyons, purchased the Atlas Engine Works and reorganized as the Lyons-Atlas Company. 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. 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. 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. • Illustration — alt= 1913 Lyons-Knight Advertising • Illustration — alt= 1914 Lyons-Knight Advertising Lyons-Atlas Company continued building engines and manufactured Standard marine engines for Britain during World War I.