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{{short description|Manufacturer of cars, aircraft, motor scooters, and engines}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Use British English|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox company |name = ABC Motors |logo = |fate = Absorbed into [[Vickers]] |successor = |foundation = 1912 |defunct = 1951 |location = [[Hersham]], [[Surrey]], England |industry = Engineering |key_people = [[Ronald Charteris]] (Founder)<br>[[Granville Bradshaw]] (Designer) |products = Cars, motorcycles and aero engines |num_employees = |parent = |subsid = }} '''ABC Motors Limited''' ("All British (Engine) Company") of [[Hersham]], [[Surrey]], England was a manufacturer of cars, aircraft, motor scooters, and engines for road and air. Established by [[Ronald Charteris]] in Hersham, Surrey in 1912, its chief designer was the young and talented [[Granville Bradshaw]].<ref>Lumsden 2003, p. 51.</ref> It was absorbed into [[Vickers]] in 1951 and the factory finally closed in the 1970s. Last occupied by [[Ian Allan Publishing]] as Hersham's Riverdene Industrial Estate, the factory was demolished around 2017-2018 and redeveloped as a Lidl supermarket (opened February 2019) with flats above.
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