| Make and car model | Alvis 3500 MC Special |
| Production year | 1936 |
| Body type | Cabriolet |
| Number of doors | 2 |
| Exterior colour | blue |
| Interior colour | black |
| Fuel | petrol |
| Displacement (ccm) | 3571 |
| Number of cylinders | line 6 |
| Engine power (PS at rpm) | 102 at unknown |
| Top speed (km/h) | 152 |
| Acceleration 0-100 km/h (sec.) | unknown |
| Gearbox type | manual, unknown |
| Fuel consumption, combined driving (l/100 km) | unknown |
| Mileage | unknown |
| Number of produced copies | 62 chassis of model 3500 from 1935 to 1936, and different bodies was supplied by famous coachbuilders |
| Price (€) | 115 000 |
Alvis Car and Engineering Company Ltd. was a British manufacturer in Coventry from 1919 to 1967. The original company, T.G. John and Company Ltd., was founded in 1919 by naval architect Thomas George John (1880–1946). Its first products were stationary engines, carburetors and motorscooters. The company's founder, T.G. John, was approached by Geoffrey de Freville (1883-1965) with advanced designs for a 4-cylinder engine with aluminium pistons and pressure lubrication. It is thought that de Freville proposed the name Alvis combining the words "aluminium" and "vis" (meaning "strength" in Latin) although de Freville himself denied it. On 14 December 1921, the company became the Alvis Car and Engineering Company Ltd. and moved production to Holyhead Road, Coventry. In 1922 Captain GT Smith-Clarke (1884-1960) joined from Daimler as Chief Engineer. He and William M. Dunn, who also came from Daimler, were to play a vital role in future the success of the company. From 1952 to 1955 Alec Issigonis (1906-1988), the creator of the later Mini, worked for Alvis and designed a new model with a V8 engine which proved too expensive to produce. Rover took a controlling interest in Alvis in 1965, and very attractive and fast Alvis model TF21 was launched in 1966. It had a top speed of 205 km/h, which made fastest Alvis ever produced.
