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Arthur McCormack, Joint Managing Director of the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company designed a new car in 1913 that was unlike anything else in Wolseley's range. The wooden framed Stellite was powered by a completely new 9hp four-cylinder 1075cc engine and with a two-seater body, and sold for 150 guineas (£157 10 shillings).

Although a Wolseley design, the car was made by a subsidiary of Vickers, The Electric and Ordnance Accessories Company Ltd, of Aston, Birmingham in their Stellite factory. In 1914 a van called the Stellite Eight was introduced. Production ceased during the Great War and restarted in 1919 at Electric and Ordnance's Ward End works.

Wolseley were making plans during the war for a range of cars. The 10hp 1261cc four-cylinder Wolseley 10 was an uprated Stellite, now with a metal frame.

Wolseley took over the Ward End works and the Stellite was abandoned in favour of the Wolseley 10.

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