Singer was a British motor vehicle manufacturer that originated as a bicycle-making business founded by George Singer in 1874 in Coventry, England. Singer had previously worked as foreman at the Coventry Sewing Machine Company before establishing his own firm alongside his brother-in-law, J. E. Stringer. The company's early bicycle work focused on safety improvements to the standard "penny-farthing" design, including a raked front fork patented in 1878 and later models…