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Alvis Brazma
Alvis may refer to: *Alvis Car and Engineering Company, British luxury car and military vehicle manufacturer which later became Alvis plc *Alvis plc (formerly United Scientific Holdings plc), a defence contractor which acquired Alvis Cars and became the UK's largest armoured vehicle manufacturer *Hayes Alvis (1907–1972), American jazz bassist and tubist *Max Alvis (born 1938), Major League Baseball player *Arvis, a major antagonist in the game ''Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War'' *Alvis Darby (born 1954), American football player *Alvis E. Hamilton, a List of Last Exile characters#Alvis E. Hamilton, character in the anime ''Last Exile'' *Alvis, a major character in the video game ''Xenoblade Chronicles (video game), Xenoblade Chronicles'' See also *Alvíss, a dwarf in Norse mythology {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvis Car And Engineering Company
Alvis Car and Engineering Company Ltd was a British manufacturing company in Coventry from 1919 to 1967. In addition to automobiles designed for the civilian market, the company also produced racing cars, aircraft engines, armoured cars and other armoured fighting vehicles. Car manufacturing ended after the company became a subsidiary of Rover in 1965, but armoured vehicle manufacture continued. Alvis became part of British Leyland and then in 1982 was sold to United Scientific Holdings, which renamed itself Alvis plc. History of the company Early history The original company, T.G. John and Company Ltd., was founded in 1919 by Thomas George John (1880–1946). Its first products were stationary engines, carburetors and motorscooters. Following complaints from the Avro aircraft company whose logo bore similarities to the original winged green triangle, the more familiar inverted red triangle incorporating the word "Alvis" evolved. On 14 December 1921 the company offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
