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AC
Explore full logo history →| What we compare | Ariel | AC |
|---|---|---|
| Country in archive | United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
| Founded | 1870 | 1904 |
| Founder | James Starley and William Hillman | John Weller and John Portwine |
| Headquarters | Crewkerne, Somerset, UK | Thames Ditton, Surrey, UK |
| Name origin | The Ariel name first appeared on a high-wheel bicycle patented in 1870 by James Starley and William Hillman. Wikipedia says the bicycle was named after Ariel, the spirit of the air, because its wheel hubs were suspended on wire spokes. | 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 | Atom, Square Four, Red Hunter, Leader, Ace | Cobra, Ace, Aceca, AC 428, 3000ME |
| Earliest archived brand logo | 1902 | 1911 |
| Latest archived logo | 2001 | 2022 |
| Archived logo assets | 4 | 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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