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Karrier
Karrier Motors Limited was an off-shoot of Clayton and Company of Huddersfield. Its best known vehicles were the Cob and Bantam, and its trolleybuses.

Karrier was acquired by Rootes, joining Commer. After the Rootes Group was acquired by Chrysler in 1964, the Karrier name gradually disappeared.

Most notable toys of Karrier vehicles are of the Cob mechanical horse from Dinky Toys, while several versions of the Bantam were offered by Corgi Toys.

Kellermann
Founded by Georg Kellermann in 1910, the company produced high quality tin plate toys, which included a number of vehicles. The company's trade mark was CKO, representing Kellermann and Company.

Among its production was a friction-drive range of vehicles, mainly of cars and of German origin, called 'Rollo Series'. These were of 1/35th scale, and produced from 1954 to 1979.

Kemlow
A north London operation which took its name from its partners, Kempster and Lowe. Mainly produced die-cast toys on behalf of other companies.

Kenworth
Kenworth finds its origins in 1915 as Gerlinger Mfg Co, becoming Gersix in 1917. The name of Kenworth came about in 1923 from the names of two of the company's shareholders, H. W. Kent and E. K. Worthington. From that time Kenworth has been a leading name in truck manufacture in the United States.

Models exist from several companies, including Corgi, Matchbox and larger scale offerings from such as Revell.

Kibri
Producer of 1/87th scale plastic kits which includes a number of heavy commercial vehicles.

King Size (Matchbox)
Following the success of their small size Matchbox Series toys, Matchbox decided to compete more directly with the other major toys companies such as Corgi Toys and Dinky Toys. So in 1960 King Size was launched, later to be re-named as Superkings.

Kits
Providing models in components for the purchaser to build has always been popular. The most common material is plastic, with popular kits being of aircraft, exotic cars and ships.

White metal is another common material, albeit the building of such kits requires more experience. Cars in 1/43rd scale and buses in 1/76th scale have been extensively provided as white metal kits.

Kohnstam
Moses Kohnstam started a toy manufacturing company in Germany in 1867, later using the trade name of Moko. On the death of Moses in 1913, the business was run by Julius Kohnstam. The association between Kohnstam and the Matchbox series is given under Matchbox Toys.

A nephew of Julius was Richard Kohnstam: Richard Kohnstam, or RIKO International, was a toy and model importer until the end of 2000..

 

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