White and Poppe was a Coventry

Coventry

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...

 based proprietary engine and gearbox manufacturer established in 1899 by Alfred James White and Peter August Poppe. White was a watchmaker and Poppe an engineer and together they produced precision parts for the automotive industry. Prior to World War I they served the booming motor industry with their engines in such high demand that at the 1906 British International Motor Exhibition 15 different firms displayed automobiles with White and Poppe engines. During the post World War I recession White, the greatest financial contributor to the company, sold his interest to the Dennis Brothers of Guildford and White and Poppe became a subsidiary with Poppe leaving two years later.
Co-founder Peter August Poppe was born 17 August 1870 in Levanger, Norway and went on to play a major role in the English automotive history.

Some automotive manufacturers which employed White and Poppe engines

• Academy
  Academy (automobile)
  The Academy was an English dual-control car built by West of Coventry between 1906 and 1908. The cars had a 14 hp 4-cylinder engine by White and Poppe....
  
  
• Ariel motorcycles
  Ariel (vehicle)
  Ariel was a bicycle, motorcycle and automobile marque manufacturer based in Bournbrook, Birmingham, England. Car production moved to Coventry in 1911. The company name was reused in 1999 for the formation of Ariel Ltd, a sports car producer.-History:...
  
  
• Arno
  Arno (automobile)
  The Arno was an English automobile manufactured in Coventry only in 1908; the car, which featured a 25hp White and Poppe engine and shaft drive, was introduced at that year's Stanley Show....
  
  
• Calcott
  Calcott Brothers
  Calcott was a small English motor vehicle manufacturer from Coventry in Warwickshire. The company began as a bicycle manufacturer in 1886 taking advantage of a boom in the cycling industry at that time...
  
  
• Calthorpe
  Calthorpe cars
  The Calthorpe Motor Company based in Bordesley Green, Birmingham, England made a range of cars, motorcycles and bicycles from 1904 to 1932.-Formation:...
  
  
• Dennis
  Dennis Specialist Vehicles
  Dennis Specialist Vehicles is a major British coachbuilder and manufacturer of specialised commercial vehicles based in Guildford, England...
  
  
• Guy Motors
  Guy Motors
  Guy Motors was a British company based in Fallings Park, Wolverhampton that made cars, lorries, buses, and trolleybuses.-History:Guy Motors Ltd was founded in 1914 by Sydney Guy who had been the Works Manager of nearby Sunbeam. A factory was built on the site at Fallings Park, Wolverhampton...
  
  
• Morris
• Singer
  Singer (car)
  Singer was an automobile company founded in 1905 in Coventry, England. It was acquired by the Rootes Group of the United Kingdom in 1956, who continued the brand until 1970...
  
  
• Thrige
  Thrige (automobile)
  The Thrige was a Danish automobile manufactured in Odense between 1911 to 1917 by the Thomas B. Thrige company .The company was founded in 1894 and made electric motors....