Alvis to return

The Alvis company stopped making cars in 1968, but has been formally transferred to Red Triangle, the company responsible for providing parts, maintenance and restoration services to Alvis owners for the last 40 years. The new 'Alvis Car Company' has been created to carry this legendary name from British motoring history forward. The company's philosophy will be to maintain the essence of the brand by reintroducing selected original Alvis models as newly manufactured cars and for Red Triangle to continue to expand its technical, repair, maintenance and restoration services to the remaining 4000 Alvis models still on the road.

Alvis produced bespoke and highly innovative touring, sports and saloon cars in the traditional manner with owners choosing their own coachwork bodies built on an Alvis chassis.

The new company will use a new 4.3-litre engine, 71 years after the last 4.3-litre Alvis was produced. The 4.3-litre Alvis was the fastest non-supercharged production car of its day, and the continuation series will live up to that heritage. Manufactured from the original drawings, the 4.3-litre Alvis in-line six cylinder engine will be faithful to the 1936 design in maintaining its period character and quality, yet by utilising modern technology it will be emission compliant. Moreover, by using modern materials, fuel injection and engine management, the new power plant will deliver even more horsepower.


Source: JUST CARS, September 2010, Collectors Issue #175