Karrier

Karrier Motors Limited

Company type	Subsidiary (1934–79)
Industry	Automotive
Founded	1908
Defunct	1979; 45 years ago (1979)
Fate	Purchased by Commer (Rootes Group) in 1934
Successor	Dodge (Chrysler)
Headquarters	Huddersfield, England Luton, England
Key people	Herbert Clayton, (founder) Reginald Clayton
Products	Commercial vehicles Medium goods vehicles light goods vehicles municipal cleansing equipment trolleybuses fire appliances mechanical horses
Parent	Commer (Rootes Group) (1934–70) Chrysler UK (1970–79) Peugeot

Karrier was a British marque of motorised municipal appliances and light commercial vehicles and trolley buses manufactured at Karrier Works, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, by Clayton and Co. (Huddersfield) Limited. They began making Karrier motor vehicles in 1908 in Queen Street South, Huddersfield. In 1920, H.F. Clayton sold Clayton and Co's Huddersfield business into public listed company Karrier Motors while keeping their Penistone operation separate. Mechanical and electrical engineers Clayton & Co Penistone, remain active in 2020 as Clayton Penistone Group.

Karrier produced buses as well as their other municipal vehicles and in latter years, especially during the Second World War, Trolleybuses, notably their Karrier 'W' model.

In 1934 Karrier became part of the Rootes Group where it retained its brand identity though the business was operated as part of Rootes's Commer commercial vehicle operation. The Karrier name began to disappear from products when Chrysler bought Rootes in 1967. It was finally dropped in the early 1970s.