Autovia was a short lived brand of British car made in Coventry between 1937 and 1938. The venture was ambitious and even included setting up a school for chauffeurs. The cars were expensive and it was a market sector well served by other companies. About 35 cars were made.^[2] Automakers or automobile manufacturers are companies that design and manufacture automobiles. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Internal combustion engine. ... The cubic meter (symbol m³) is the SI derived unit of volume. ... Manual gearbox Gearbox redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) A metre or meter[1] (symbol: m) is a unit of length and the current base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). ... Automobile design or car design is the design of automobiles. ... The Precinct in Coventry city centre. ... A chauffeur is one who drives an automobile as a job. ...

The company was created by Riley as a subsidiary to produce large luxury cars. A 2849 cc V-8 engine was developed from existing Riley engine blocks and coupled to either a pre selector gearbox bought from Armstrong Siddeley or a conventional four speed manual unit. Drive was to the rear wheels through a live axle with worm gear final drive. 1965 Riley 1. ... A preselector gearbox is a type of gearbox used on a variety of vehicles, more commonly until around the 1950s. ... The Armstrong-Siddeley automobiles (and later aircraft engines) were an English marque manufactured from 1919 (after the company was formed in 1917 by a merger between two Coventry_based companies, Armstrong-Whitworth and Siddeley-Deasy) to 1960. ... Worm and worm gear A worm gear, or worm wheel, is a type of gear that engages with a worm to greatly reduce rotational speed, or to allow higher torque to be transmitted. ...

Two body types were advertised, a sports saloon and a limousine mostly built by Arthur Mulliner. 2006 Cadillac DTS Presidential Limousine A limousine (or limo) is a long luxury car, traditionally black in color. ... Mr Mulliner is a fictional character from the short stories and novels of P. G. Wodehouse, who is widely regarded as one of the great comic writers of the 20th century, once described as English literatures performing flea. ...

The venture failed when Riley went bankrupt. When they were taken over by the Nuffield Organisation Autovia was not resurrected. The Nuffield Organisation was an automobile manufacturing company in the United Kingdom. ...

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