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-'''Lucas Automotive''' was a famous manufacturer of automotive components for the motor industry.
-Founded by Joseph Lucas, the company was best known for automotive electrical components such as [[alternator]]s, [[windshield wipers]]/windscreen wipers, horns, lighting, wiring, [[starter motor]]s etc.
-Lucas marketed its early headlights under the Name "King of the Road".  However by the [[1960s]] in the [[United States]] the legendary unreliability of Lucas electrics fitted to imported British cars such as [[MG (car)|MG]]s, [[Triumph (car)|Triumph]]s, [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]]s and [[Rover (car)|Rover]]s led to the coining of the nickname - "Lord Lucas - Prince of Darkness".  Lucas is the butt of many jokes, but the unreliability of Lucas electrics is overblown.  The fact that many cars employing Lucas electrics are still on the road 30, 40, or more years after manufacture is proof of their durability.  It is often said that the biggest problem that Lucas electrics suffer is that of previous "repairs" and "improvements" by unskilled car owners.
-Lucas Industries plc also owned the Girling, CAV, Simms, Crosland companies and acquired the [[Varity Corporation]] in [[1996]]. After a  series of disposals, the remains of Lucas, then called [[LucasVarity]] plc were taken over by the US automotive supplier [[TRW]] Inc. in [[1999]].
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