AJS

A. J. Stevens & Co. Ltd (AJS)
Founded1909
FounderA. J. Stevens
Defunct1931
FateTaken over
SuccessorMatchless
Headquarters,
England
Key people
Joe Stevens
ProductsCars and motorcycles

A. J. Stevens & Co. Ltd was a British automobile and motorcycle manufacturer in operation from 1909 to 1931. The company was founded by Joe Stevens in Wolverhampton, England. After the firm was sold, the name continued to be used by Matchless, Associated Motorcycles and Norton-Villiers on four-stroke motorcycles until 1969, and since the name's resale in 1974, on lightweight, two-stroke scramblers and today on small-capacity roadsters and cruisers. The company held 117 motorcycle world records.