Argyll 15-30 HP
Car : Argyll 15-30 HP
Year : 1913
Engine : 4 cylinders in line
Bore and stroke :80?130 mm
Cylinder capacity : 2614 cc
Gears : 4 forward
Brake horse power : 32
Maximum speed : 45 mph
Wheelbase : 9 ft 8 ins (2.94 m)
Suspension : front: semi- elliptic leaf- springs; back: ?elliptic leaf- springs
Like so many car factories operating at the start of the century, Argyll had a difficult time, due to mistaken commercial tactics and a lengthy law case with the American company Knight over the rights on the so-called single-sleeve-valve engine. An engine of this kind had been invented by Peter Burt at Argyll, and Argyll had patented it under the name Burt McCollum. Argyll won the case, but at such cost that in 1914 it had to sell out.
Founded by Alex Govan in 1899, it was known at first as Hoziers Engineering Company, and only became Argyll Motors Ltd and 1905. The success of the company let to its transferring its premises from Glasgow to Alexandria, Strathclyde.

The 15-30 had brakes on all four wheels (one year after the Isotta-Fraschini, therefore). Front brakes first appeared on the 1911 12 HP, then as standard on the 15-30 HP cost ?495. Argyll offered more than ten models at once, and this turned out to be a serious commercial miscalculation. The 15-30 had limited success on the racing circuits: one car ran for 14 hours at Brooklands at an average of around 80 mph. The engine power had been considerably increased, and with it also the engine speed (2800 revs).