Armstrong-Siddeley for sale
Armstrong Siddeley Motor Cars Ltd. was a British manufacturer of luxury cars from 1919 until 1960. Symbols of the marque were the sloping V radiator and the sphinx hood ornament and mascot, whose idea was sparked by a journalist's comment that the Siddeley motor car was "as silent and inscrutable as the Spinx."Armstrong Siddley formed when the Siddeley Deasy Company was taken over by the Armstrong Whitworth Development Company. But other Siddeley automobiles had preceded that. The brief synoposis is as follows: John Davenport founded the Siddeley Autocar Company in 1902 and produced a number of luxury cars, including two-seaters, based on Peugeot designs. The company merged with Wolseley Motor Company in 1905 and made impressive Wolseley-Siddeley automobiles that were used by Queen Alexandra and the Duke of York. In 1909, Siddeley resigned from Wolsley and took over the Deasy Motor Company, which became Siddleley Deasy, a manufacturer of tanks, ambulances and staff cars in World War I. In 1919, Armstrong bought Siddeley-Deasy and the legend was born.
The first automobile produced by Armstrong Siddeley was the Thirty, a fairly large machine, but rather stylish and elegant. Other smaller models followed, including the Eighteen (1921), Four-Fourteen (1923), and Twenty (1926). In 1929, the Wilson pre-selector gearbox, now standard on most vehicles, was first offered on the Twelve. During that period, most of the company's cars had a formal look, with a longer front and shiny chrome fittings.
It is important to note that Armstrong Siddeley was more than just a car company; it also made airplane engines and airplanes through the years between the world wars. While the company was known for its luxury cars, it was actually the lower-priced automobiles that helped Armstrong Siddeley get through World War II, where other automakers did not survive. It's also important to note that even at its peak, Armstrong Siddeley was only producing several thousand cars a year, making the automobiles a fairly rare commodity for collectors today.
The week WWII ended, the company came out with its first post war models, all six-cylinders with names that mimicked airplanes and showed a certain aerodynamic look, though not quite so pronounced as other cars of the time. These included the Lancaster saloon and the Hurricane coupe. In 1946 came the Typhoon, the Tempest and the Whitley 18. And in 1958, the Sapphire was released and made by Armstrong-Siddeley until 1960.
Armstrong-Siddeley stopped production of automobiles when it merged with Bristol in 1960.
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