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Invicta is a British automobile manufacturer. The brand has been available intermittently through successive decades. Initially, the manufacturer was based in Cobham, Surrey, England from 1925 to 1933, then in Chelsea, London, England from 1933 to 1938 and finally in Virginia Water, Surrey, England from 1946 to 1950.

The name was revived in 1946 by an organisation calling themselves Invicta Cars of Virginia Water Surrey who began making the Black Prince. Meadows engines were again used, this time a twin overhead camshaft 3 litre six with three carburettors giving 120 bhp. The aluminium-bodied cars—steel supplies were effectively non-existent for new businesses in Britain's new centrally-planned economy—were extremely complex and very expensive with a torque converter (Brockhouse hydro-kinetic variable ratio "gearbox") entirely replacing the gearbox. The torque converter was controlled by a small switch with forward and reverse positions. Suspension was fully independent using torsion bars and there were built-in electric jacks. Other innovative luxury items included a trickle-charger to charge the battery from the domestic mains, an immersion heater in the engine, interior heating of the body and a built-in radio.About 16 were made. The new company lasted until 1950 when it was bought by Frazer Nash makers, AFN Ltd.