Star Motor Company
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This article is about British automobile company. For the U.S. car company, see Star (automobile). For the U.S. motorcycle company, see Star Motorcycles. For the Italian automobile manufacturer S.T.A.R. (aka 'Rapid'), see Società Torinese Automobili Rapid. For other uses, see Star (disambiguation).
The Star Motor Company was a British car and commercial vehicle maker based in Wolverhampton and active from 1898 to 1932. At its peak Star was the UK's sixth largest car manufacturer and produced around 1000 cars a year.[1]
Star was founded by the Lisle family who like many other vehicle makers started by making bicycles, in their case in 1893 as Sharratt and Lisle. In 1896 this was changed to the Star Cycle Company.[2]