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[[File:5hp Argyll Voiturette 1900.jpg|thumb|5hp Argyll Voiturette 1900]]((More citations needed|date=September 2018))[[File:Front of a 1908 Argyll 14 16.jpg|thumb|Front of a 1908 Argyll 14 16]]
[[File:Argyll 1902 8HP Rear-entrance Tonneau on London to Brighton VCR 2010.jpg|thumb|right|Argyll 8HP Rear-entrance tonneau 1902]]
[[File:Argylls, Ltd. 1909.jpg|thumb|Share of the Argylls Ltd., issued 22. April 1909]]
[[File:Argyll Flying Fifteen.jpg|right|thumb|Flying Fifteen by Argyll]]
[[File:Facade of Argyll Motor Works, Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.jpg|thumb|Facade of the Argyll Motor Works a Category A listed building in [[Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire]], [[Scotland]].]]
'''Argyll''' was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[motor car]] [[marque]] manufactured from 1899 to 1932, and again from 1976 to around 1990.

==The original Argyll marque==
[[Alex Govan (engineer)|Alex Govan]] founded '''The Hozier Engineering Company''' in 1899, and it was at this factory that the first ''Argyll [[Voiturette]]'' was produced; copied from the contemporary [[Renault]], it featured a 2¾ [[Horsepower|hp]] [[de Dion-Bouton|de Dion]] engine and [[Propeller shaft|shaft-drive]]. 1901 models had an upgraded engine of 5&nbsp;hp; cars made in 1902 were upgraded even further, using 8&nbsp;hp units. Soon there appeared a 10&nbsp;hp twin with radiator tubes forming the sides of the hood; in 1904 the company introduced a range of [[Aster (auto parts company)|Aster]]-engined cars with front-mounted radiators. One of these was a 10&nbsp;hp of 1985 cc; others were fours of 3054 cc, 3686 cc, and 4849 cc. All cars featured Govan's rather awkward [[gearbox]], which had a T-shaped gate and separate reverse and change-speed levers. The company, by now named '''Argyll Motors Ltd.''' had now become Scotland's biggest [[marque]] and soon moved from its premises in [[Bridgeton, Glasgow]] to a grand, purpose-built factory in [[Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire]]. The [[Argyll Motor Works]] covered ((convert|12|acre)), had its own railway line, and was opened in 1906 by [[John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu]].<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/tourism-and-visitor-attractions/museums-and-galleries/collections/industry/argyll-motor-works/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130828140953/http://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/tourism-and-visitor-attractions/museums-and-galleries/collections/industry/argyll-motor-works/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 August 2013 |title=Argyll Works |publisher=West Dunbartonshire Council |access-date=28 August 2013 ))</ref> However, the new factory was never used to capacity, and the company began to decline after Govan's death in 1907. It went into liquidation in 1908.

Production restarted in 1910, under a company now named '''Argylls Ltd.''', with a new range of cars including the famed "Flying Fifteen", and a [[Straight-6|six-cylinder]] model. The 12/14 was widely sold as a taxi even being exported to New York.  Four-wheel brakes designed by [[J.M. Rubury]] of Argyll<ref name=TandT>((cite book |last=Oliver |first=George. |title=Motor Trials and Tribulations |year=1993 |publisher=Glasgow Museums, HMSO |location=Edinburgh |isbn=978-0-11-495171-9))</ref><!--G.N.Georgano, ''Cars: Early and Vintage, 1886-1930''. (London: Grange-Universal, 1985), says they were designed by Arrol-Johnson, another Scottish company, in 1909, & adoped by Argyll--> and patented on 18 March 1910 by [[Henri Perrot]] and John Meredith Rubury (Patent number 6807) <ref>''London Gazette'' 23 Dec 1924</ref> were available from 1911 on, and in 1912 the single [[Sleeve valve]] engine designed by company director [[Baillie P. Burt]] and [[J. P. McCollum]] began production; the entire range featured [[Burt-McCollum]] engines by 1914.

Argylls changed hands in 1914 and the Alexandria factory was sold to the [[Royal Navy]] for [[torpedo]] production. Car production was resumed on a small scale in the original Bridgeton works under the control of John Brimlow who had previously run the repair department. The first product from the new company was a revival of the pre-[[World War I|war]] 15·9&nbsp;hp model, now with electric starter but few were sold. In 1922, it was joined by a 1½-litre sleeve valve model and in 1926 by the 12/40 sports.

The company made a final appearance at the [[London Motor Show]] in 1927 and the last cars were probably made in 1928 though still advertised until Argyll closed in 1932.

==The second Argyll era==
[[File:Argyll turbo GT.JPG|thumb|right|The Argyll turbo GT prototype]]
The name was re-used in 1976 by a new company who made a mid-engined sports car, the Argyll GT, in [[Lochgilphead]], Scotland.

The new manufacturing company was founded by Bob Henderson. The new car was named after the original Argyll of 1898, in honour of a grandfather of one of the investors who worked in the Argyll factory at Alexandria.


The only model was the mid-engined '''Argyll GT''' (or "Turbo GT"), which was based on a sturdy box section chassis with space frame<ref>((Cite web|date=2021-05-05|title=Argyll Turbo GT – the enigmatic supercar from the Scottish Highlands|url=https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/argyll/turbo-gt/inside-story/|access-date=2021-10-23|website=AROnline|language=en-GB))</ref> clothed in a [[fibreglass]] bodyshell made next door to the old [[Arrol-Johnston]] factory in [[Dumfries]] by [[Solway Marine]]. The 1976 prototype car featured a turbocharged [[Rover V8 engine]].  A version with a turbocharged [[Saab Automobile|Saab]] engine was also mooted, but none were built. The suspension came from the [[Triumph 2500]] and the gearbox was a [[ZF Friedrichshafen|ZF]] 5-speed unit.  By undoing ten bolts, the entire rear end, suspension, gearbox and engine came away.


A production version of the car, which made its debut in 1983, had a non-turbocharged version of the ''Douvrin'' Euro V6 as used by [[Renault]], [[Peugeot]] and others, together with a [[Renault 30]] transaxle. A turbocharged V8 of 3.5 - 4.2 litres, together with the ZF transmission, was an option, but none were built. Other engine options were the [[Lancia Beta]] engine and transmission, and a [[Buick]] V6 which had started out as a stillborn Indycar engine. A top speed of 160&nbsp;mph (ca. 260&nbsp;km/h) with the turbo V8 was claimed but never ratified.<ref>((Cite web|last=says|first=James|date=2021-04-26|title=Cars That Time Forgot: Argyll GT|url=https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/automotive-history/cars-that-time-forgot-argyll-gt/|access-date=2021-10-23|website=Hagerty UK|language=en-GB))</ref> The quoted price at launch was £25-30,000, which was comparable to the contemporary [[Ferrari 308 GTB]]. Production capacity was stated to be twelve cars a year, but none were sold. The silver version used for the launch and publicity material belonged to the company accountant and was virtually never driven.

==See also==
* [[List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom]]

==References==
((reflist))
*((cite book
  |title=The Single Sleeve-valve Argylls
  |last=Oliver  |first=George A.
  |publisher=[[Profile Publications]]
  |id=67
  |year=1967
  |ref=Oliver, Sleeve-valve Argylls
))

==External links==
*https://argyllgt.co.uk/
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