Crouch Cars of Cook Street, Coventry, England was founded in 1912 and made cars until 1928. Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. ...

The first model, the Carette was a 3 wheeler with an overhead valve, water cooled, Coventry Simplex V twin engine 0f 904 cc. In 1914 this was enlarged to 1018 cc. A 3 speed gearbox was used with chain drive to the rear wheel. From 1914 it was also available as a four wheeler which continued until 1923. This model was known as the '8' until 1922 and then as the 8/18. The latter had shaft drive. About 1500 are thought to have been made after the war and 400 before 1914.

In 1924 a more conventional 4 cylinder car was offered using a four cylinder Dorman engine of 1200 cc. This was intended as a replacement for the 8/18 but was not terribly succesful as only about 60 were made. It cost £225 to 235.

A larger more sporting car had been introduced with a 1500 cc Anzani engine. These were raced at Brooklands by Alfred Moss, the father of Sir Stirling Moss who sold the cars from his London premises. Approximately 800 were made with the bare chassis costing £250. The Anzani was an Italian automobile manufactured from 1923 to 1924 by a company, founded by Alessandro Anzani. ... Brooklands was a motor racing circuit built near Weybridge in Surrey, England. ... Sir Stirling Moss OBE (born September 17, 1929 in London) is a former auto racing driver. ...

The final car was the 11/27 which was at £180 (chassis only) a cheaper machine to run alongside the Anzani.

The company disappeared with many others as a result of the depression and the rise of mass produced small cars which could comfortably undersell the largely hand built small makers models. A failed export order didn't help.

At its peak Crouch employed about 400 people and turned out 25 cars a week. John Crouch, the founder, had trained with Daimler and his son Bob worked there after the family firm closed. He eventually became head of bus sales. 1898 Daimler car in Bristol Industrial Museum, England Confusingly, the name Daimler is used by two completely separate groups of car manufacturers. ...

It had no connection with Crouch of New Brighton, Pennsylvania, USA who made steam cars between 1897 and 1900. New Brighton is the name of several places: New Brighton, Merseyside - a village now part of Wallasey, England. ...