The Argyll was mainly known as a high-grade touring car. It was originally built at Bridgeton, Glasgow, but as the cars became more and more popular the works were moved to a large, modern factory at Alexandria, near Balloch, Loch Lomond. It has been said that the expense incurred in constructing this factory was the main cause of the demise of the Argyll car. Things like marble staircases were certainly not conducive to normally hard-headed Scottish engineering projects.
The Argylls were noted for the excellence of their single-sleeve Knight engines, which gained for them a reputation for reliability and smoothness which is still recalled whenever the cars are discussed. Argylls were prominent in reliability trials of the early 'twenties. As a matter of interest, Argylls possessed four-wheel brakes as early as 1910. |