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{{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''Excelsior Motor Company Ltd.''' was an [[automobile]] manufacturer based in Birmingham, England in the 1920s. Bayliss and Thomas were part of the Birmingham [[four-stroke cycle|cycle]] industry, established as a cycle manufacturer in 1874, using the brand name Excelsior. Initially they had premises at 287-295 Stoney Stanton Road, Hillfields, Coventry, Warwickshire before moving to Kings Road, Tyseley, Birmingham in 1921.
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When they entered the car business they used the name Bayliss-Thomas as there was already a Belgian car called the Excelsior. The prototypes had three wheels and air-cooled engines, but production vehicles were conventional 9-13 hp four wheelers and around 1000 were made.
 
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