Latest archived mark · 1919
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AC
Explore full logo history →| What we compare | Alvis | AC |
|---|---|---|
| Country in archive | United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
| Founded | 1919 | 1904 |
| Founder | Thomas George John | John Weller and John Portwine |
| Headquarters | Coventry, England, United Kingdom | Thames Ditton, Surrey, UK |
| Name origin | The name was devised by engineer Geoffrey de Freville. Theories linked it to aluminium and the Latin vis, or to the Norse smith Alvíss, but de Freville rejected them and said the name had no meaning and was simply easy to pronounce in any language. | AC comes from the initials of the company's early names. It began as Autocars and Accessories in 1904 and became Auto Carriers Ltd. in 1911, and the letters A and C carried through every later change of owner and corporate name. |
| Selected models | 12/50, Speed 20, TD 21, Saladin | Cobra, Ace, Aceca, AC 428, 3000ME |
| Earliest archived brand logo | 1919 | 1911 |
| Latest archived logo | 1919 | 2022 |
| Archived logo assets | 1 | 5 |
Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.
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