ABC Motors

ABC Motors
IndustryEngineering
Founded1912
Defunct1951
FateAbsorbed into Vickers
HeadquartersHersham, Surrey, England
Key people
Ronald Charteris (Founder)
Granville Bradshaw (Designer)
ProductsCars, motorcycles and aero engines

ABC Motors Limited ("All British (Engine) Company") of Hersham, Surrey, England was a manufacturer of cars, aircraft, motor scooters, and engines for road and air. Established by Ronald Charteris in Hersham, Surrey in 1912, its chief designer was the young and talented Granville Bradshaw.[1] It was absorbed into Vickers in 1951 and the factory finally closed in the 1970s. Last occupied by Ian Allan Publishing as Hersham's Riverdene Industrial Estate, the factory was demolished around 2017-2018 and redeveloped as a Lidl supermarket (opened February 2019) with flats above.

  1. ^ Lumsden 2003, p. 51.