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What we compareBSAABC Motors
Country in archiveUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom
Founded18611912
FounderBirmingham Small Arms Trade Association gunsmithsRonald Charteris
HeadquartersBirmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomHersham, Surrey, UK
Name originBSA stands for Birmingham Small Arms. The company was formed in June 1861 by fourteen members of the Birmingham Small Arms Trade Association to make guns by machinery.ABC is short for All British (Engine) Company, the name of the firm founded in 1912. It was later renamed ABC Motors Ltd, keeping the initials.
HighlightsGold Star, Bantam, Lightning, Rocket 3ABC 400, Skootamota
Earliest archived brand logo20211912
Latest archived logo20211912
Archived logo assets21

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