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Mann & Overton Limited owned and operated a motor vehicle dealers business previously known as Mann & Overton's and established by John Mann and John Overton in 1901〔Prospectus for share issue ''The Times'', Monday, Jul 08, 1935; pg. 24; Issue 47110〕 which came to specialise in the supply of London taxicabs, first Unic then Austin Taxicabs, eventually holding the concession for the Austin taxicab chassis for the whole of the Metropolitan Police Area of London. Their base was at 177, Battersea Bridge Road, London, SW11 and their distribution area included the provinces.〔 Directors included: John Thomas Overton, William Overton and Robert Clifton Hills Overton.〔PROSPECTUS, Mann & Overton Limited. ''The Times'', Tuesday, Jul 09, 1935; pg. 20; Issue 47111〕 For more than 80 years the most popular London taxicabs have all been built to the Mann & Overton design and provided by them or their firm's successors now under the name of The London Taxi Company. ==Importers and dealers== Mann & Overton's were very active motorcar importers and dealers from their beginning, participating in all significant motor shows in England and Ireland and providing entries in major car trials. The provision of hire purchase terms to owner-drivers and taxicab investors was an important part of the business〔— and the reason the business was bought by a banking group in 1977. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mann & Overton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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