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The Standard Motor Company was founded in Coventry

Coventry

Coventry is a City status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. With a population of 303,475 at the United Kingdom Census 2001 , Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom....
, England

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The Standard Motor Company was founded in Coventry

Coventry

England

History

1903-1914

The company was set up in a small factory in Much Park Street, Coventry and employed seven people to assemble the first car, powered by a single cylinder engine with three speed gearbox and shaft drive to the rear wheels. This was soon replaced by a two cylinder model quickly followed by three and four cylinder versions and in 1905 the first six. As well as supplying complete chassis, the company found a good market in selling engines for fitting to other cars, especially where the owner was looking for more power. The company took a stand at the 1905 London Motor Show in Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace, London

Crystal Palace is a residential area in South London London, England named from the erstwhile local landmark, The Crystal Palace, which occupied the area from 1854 to 1936....
where a London Dealer, Charles (later Sir Charles) Friswell agreed to take the entire factory output. In 1907 Friswell became Chairman of the company and worked hard raising its profile culminating in supplying 70 cars for King George V and his entourage at the 1911 Delhi Royal Durbah. Friswell sold his interest in Standard in 1912 to C.J. Band and Siegfried Bettmann

Siegfried Bettmann

Siegfried Bettmann was a bicycle, motorcycle and car manufacturer and founder of the Triumph Motorcycles. In 1914 he established the Annie Bettmann Foundation to help young people start up in business Triumph became one of the most famous motorcycle marques in the world and Bettmann retained links with the company until his death in 1952....
the founder of the Triumph Motor Cycle Company which later became the Triumph Motor Company. In 1914 Standard became a public company.

First World War

During World War I

World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, the company produced over 1000 aircraft including the Royal Aircraft Factory BE12, Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8

Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8

The Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 was a United Kingdom two-seat biplane reconnaissance and bomber aircraft of the World War I. Intended as a replacement for the vulnerable Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2, the R.E.8 was much more difficult to fly, and was regarded with great suspicion at first in the Royal Flying Corps....
, Sopwith Pup

Sopwith Pup

The Sopwith Pup was a United Kingdom single seater biplane fighter aircraft used during the World War I. It was manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company and was officially named the Sopwith Scout....
and Bristol F.2-B

Bristol F.2 Fighter

The Bristol F.2 Fighter was a United Kingdom two-seat biplane Fighter aircraft and reconnaissance aircraft of World War I flown by the Royal Flying Corps....
in a new works at Canley opened in 1916 which would become the main centre of operations in future.

1919-1939

Civilian car production restarted in 1919 with a range of small cars and by 1924 the company had a share of the market comparable to Austin

Austin Motor Company

The Austin Motor Company was a United Kingdom manufacturer of automobiles that rose to be a major motorcar brand, the dominant partner after merger with Morris in 1952 but declining after absorption into the British Leyland Motor Corporation, and its subsequent troubles....
, making over 10,000 cars in 1924, but by the late 1920s profits had fallen dramatically due to heavy reinvestment, a failed export contract and poor sales of the larger cars. In 1929 Captain John Black

John Black (Motor industry)

Sir John Paul Black held several senior positions in the British Motor Industry including chairman of Standard Motor Company.He was born in Kingston upon Thames on 10 February 1895 the son of a clerk, John George Black and his wife Ellen and studied law at the University of London....
joined the board from Hillman

Hillman

Hillman was a famous British automobile marque, manufactured by the Rootes. It was based in Ryton-on-Dunsmore, near Coventry, England, from 1907 to 1976....
as joint Managing Director and one thing he encouraged was the supply of chassis to external coachbuilders such as Jensen

Jensen Motors

Jensen Motors, Ltd was a United Kingdom manufacturer of sports cars and commercial vehicles, based in West Bromwich ....
, Avon and Swallow

Swallow Sidecar Company

The Swallow Sidecar Company was founded on 4 September 1922 by two friends, William Walmsley and William Lyons . Both families lived in the same street in Blackpool, England....
(which would become Jaguar). Reginald Maudslay left the company in 1934, and died shortly afterwards at the age of 64.

In the 1930s, fortunes improved with new models, the Standard Nine and Standard Ten which addressed the low to mid range market and at the Motor Show of 1935 the new range of Flying Standards was announced with semi streamlined bodies.

The Southwards Car Museum on the Kapiti Coast, New Zealand has on display a Standard Flying V8 registered with an English number plate and which it claims only 350 were made. They state in their exhibit that 9 still exist in the world and New Zealand originally had 3 of them. The engine was a 20hp

Tax horsepower

The tax horsepower or taxable horsepower was an early system by which taxation rates for automobiles were reckoned in some European countries, like United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy and certain US states, , where license plate purchase and renewal fees for passenger automobiles were based on taxable horsepower....
Side Valve (90 degrees) V8 and the car had a listed top speed of . It cost 349 pounds sterling when new.

World War II

During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, the company continued to produce its cars but now mainly fitted with utility bodies ("Tillies")

Tilly (vehicle)

Tilly was the name given to a number of British vehicles produced during the Second World War from civilian car designs.As an expediency British car manufacturers adapted civilian saloon designs to be fitted with a simple rear loading area to give the Car, Light Utility....
. However, the most famous war time product was the Mosquito

De Havilland Mosquito

The de Havilland Mosquito was a United Kingdom combat aircraft that excelled in a number of roles during the World War II. Originally conceived as an unarmed fast bomber, uses of the Mosquito included: low to medium altitude daytime tactical bomber, high altitude night bomber, Pathfinder , Day fighter or Night fighter fighter aircraft, fighte...
aircraft, mainly the FB VI version of which over 1100 were made. 750 Airspeed Oxford

Airspeed Oxford

The Airspeed AS.10 Oxford was a twin-engine aircraft used for training Commonwealth of Nations aircrews in navigation, radio-operating, bombing and gunnery during the World War II....
s were also made as well as 20,000 Bristol Mercury

Bristol Mercury

The Bristol Mercury was a nine-cylinder single-row piston radial engine used on British aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s....
VIII engines, and 3,000 Bristol Beaufighter

Bristol Beaufighter

The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter, often referred to as simply the Beau, was a United Kingdom long-range heavy fighter modification of the Bristol Aeroplane Company's earlier Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber design....
fuselages.

Other wartime products included 4000 Beaverette

Standard Beaverette

Standard Car 4x2, or Car Armoured Light Standard, better known as the Beaverette, was a United Kingdom Armored car produced during World War II....
light armoured cars and a lightweight "Jeep" type vehicle.

The Post War years

With peace the pre-war Eight
Standard Eight

The Standard Eight is a small car produced by the British Standard Motor Company from 1938 to 1959.The car was originally launched in 1938 as the Flying Eight....
and Twelve cars were quickly back in production. Of greater significance was, in 1945, the purchase arranged by Sir John Black

John Black (Motor industry)

Triumph Motor Company

The Triumph Motor Company had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann and Moritz Schulte from Germany founded Bettmann & Co and started selling Triumph bicycles, from premises in London and from 1889 started making his own machines in Coventry, England....
, which had gone into receivership in 1939. Triumph was reformed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard called "Triumph Motor Company (1945) Limited". Also, a lucrative deal was arranged to build the small Ferguson

Ferguson Company

In about 1934, in company with David Brown , Harry Ferguson formed the Ferguson-Brown Company and the two men produced the Model A Ferguson-Brown tractor with a Ferguson-designed hydraulic hitch....
tractor which helped fill some of the large war time factory space. This arrangement was seen primarily by Black as a means to securing increased profits to fund new car development.

A one-model policy for the Standard marque (alongside a range of new Triumphs) was adopted in 1948 with the introduction of the Standard Vanguard
Standard Vanguard

The Standard Vanguard is a car produced by the Standard Motor Company in Coventry from 1947 to 1963.The car was announced in July 1947 and was completely new with no resemblance to the previous models and was Standard's first post World War II car....
, which was styled on American lines by Walter Belgrove, and replaced all the carry-over pre-war models. The beetle-back Vanguard Phase 1 was replaced in 1953 by the notch-back Phase 2 and in 1955 by the all-new Phase 3, which gave rise to variants such as the Sportsman, Ensign, Vanguard Vignale and Vanguard Six.

The one-model policy lasted until 1953 when a new Standard Eight

Standard Eight

The Standard Eight is a small car produced by the British Standard Motor Company from 1938 to 1959.The car was originally launched in 1938 as the Flying Eight....
small car was added. In 1954 the Eight was supplemented by the slightly more powerful Standard Ten

Standard Ten

The Standard Ten was a small car produced by the British Standard Motor Company from 1906 to 1961.The name was first used in 1906 as the 10hp, with a 631 cc 2-cylinder side valve engine....
which featured a wider chrome grill: the Ten was followed in its turn in 1957 by the Standard Pennant featuring (to modern eyes) implausibly prominent tail fins, but otherwise little altered structurally from the 1953 Standard Eight. An option for the Ten, and standard fitment to the Pennant, was the Gold Star engine, tuned for higher power and torque over the standard 948 cc unit. Another tuning package, featuring a different camshaft and twin carburetors, was available from dealers.

As well as an overdrive

Overdrive

Overdrive may refer to:* Operation Overdrive , a scheme to improve public transportation in and around the Medway Towns in north Kent, England...
for the gearbox, an option for the Eight, Ten and Pennant was the Standrive, a semi-manual transmission that automatically operated the clutch during gearchanges.

1958 saw the launch of the Standard Atlas panel van and pick up, a cab over engine design. It initially used the 948 cc engine from the Standard 10, making the resulting vehicle woefully underpowered, even with its 6.66:1 final drive ratio. In 1961, the Atlas Major was introduced, and sold alongside the original 948 cc Atlas. This variant was powered by the Standard 1670 cc wet-liner motor, as used with different capacities in the Vanguard cars, and the Ferguson tractor. The same motor was also used in Triumph TR2, TR3 and TR4 sports cars. To use this larger engine, a substantial redesign of the cab interior and forward chassis was necessary. The vehicles were of a high standard but not competitively priced, which resulted in relatively fewer sales. In 1963 the Atlas Major became the Standard 15, with a new long wheelbase variant, with 2138 cc engine, became the Standard 20. Later that year, the Standard name was dropped by Leyland, and these models were hastily rebranded as Leyland 15 and 20. By 1968 when production ended in the UK, all variants were powered by the 2138 cc engine and badged as Leyland 20s. As a point of interest, these vehicles were badged as "Triumphs" for export to Canada, and possibly other overseas markets.

By the later 1950s the small Standards were losing out in the UK market place to more modern competitor designs, and the Triumph name was felt to be more marketable; hence the 1959 replacement for the Eight, Ten and Pennant was badged as the Triumph Herald
Triumph Herald

The Triumph Herald was a small two-door car introduced in 1959 by the Triumph Motor Company Company of Coventry. Body design was by the Italian stylist Michelotti, and the car was offered in sedan , convertible , coup?, van and station wagon variants....
; with substantial mechanical components carried over from the small Standards. Despite the separate chassis and independent rear suspension, the differential, hubs, brakes, engine and gearbox were all common to the last Standard Pennants.

Overseas assembly plants were opened in Australia, Canada, India and South Africa. Sir John Black stepped down from control of the company in 1954. Ill health was cited as the 'official' reason for his resignation but it is now known the Board of Directors requested he should leave. His deputy and long-time personal assistant, Alick Dick, took over. The company started looking for partners to enable continued expansion and talks were held with Chrysler

Chrysler

Chrysler LLC is an American automobile manufacturer that has manufactured automobiles since 1925. From 1998 to 2007, Chrysler and its subsidiaries were part of the German based DaimlerChrysler ....
, Massey-Harris-Ferguson, Rootes

Rootes

The Rootes Group was a British automobile manufacturer, which was based in the English Midlands and south of England. Rootes was the parent company of many well-known British marques, including Hillman, Humber , Singer , Sunbeam Car Company, Talbot, Commer and Karrier....
, Rover

Rover (car)

The Rover Company was a British automobile manufacturing company originally founded as Starley & Sutton Co. of Coventry in 1878. After developing the template for the modern bicycle with its Rover Safety Bicycle of 1885, the company moved into the automotive industry....
and Renault

Renault

Renault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, buses, tractors, and trucks. Due to its alliance with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., it is currently the world's 4th largest automaker.It owns the Romanian automaker Dacia and the Korean automaker Renault Samsung Motors....
but these came to nothing.

The Standard-Triumph company was eventually taken over in 1960 by Leyland Motors Ltd

Leyland Motors Ltd

Leyland Motors Limited was a United Kingdom vehicle manufacturer of lorry and buses. It gave its name to the British Leyland Motor Corporation formed when it merged with British Motor Holdings, later to become British Leyland after effectively becoming nationalisation....
who paid £20 million and the last Standard was produced in the UK in 1963, when the final Vanguard models were replaced by the Triumph 2000

Triumph 2000

The Triumph 2000 was a mid-sized automobile produced in Coventry by the Triumph Motor Company between 1963 and 1977.Using the six cylinder engine first seen in the Standard Vanguard in 1961 and 4 speed manual gearbox , the monocoque body had independent suspension all round using coil springs....
. Triumphs continued when Leyland became British Leyland Motor Corporation

British Leyland Motor Corporation

British Leyland was a vehicle manufacturing company formed in the United Kingdom in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd . It was partly nationalization in 1975 with the government creating a new holding company called British Leyland Ltd which became BL Ltd in 1978....
(later BL) in 1968. The Standard brand has been unused in Europe since then and the Triumph or Rover Triumph BL subsidiary used the former Standard engineering and production facilities at Canley

Canley

Canley is a suburban neighbourhood located in southwest Coventry, England. Canley became part of Coventry as a result of successive encroachment of the latter's boundaries between 1928 and 1932, having historically been part of the Stoneleigh, Warwickshire parish....
in Coventry

Coventry

BMW

, is an independent German automotive industry founded in 1916. It also produces BMW Motorrad, is the owner of the MINI brand and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars....
acquired the Standard and Triumph brands following its purchase of BL's successor Rover Group

Rover Group

Rover Group plc was the name that was given by the British government, in 1986, to the nationalisation vehicle manufacturer British Leyland or BL....
in 1994. When most of Rover was sold off in 2000 BMW kept the Standard brand along with Triumph, MINI

Mini

The Mini is a small Automobile that was produced by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered an icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers....
and Riley. The management of British Motor Heritage Ltd, gained the rights to the Standard Brand upon their management purchase of this company from BMW in 2001, (reference BMH website linked below)

There was talk of a possible revival of the Standard name by MG Rover for its importation of the TATA Indica (reference Channel 4 website below). However, for reasons relating to the ownership of the brand by BMW, the car was finally launched as the CityRover.

Standard in India

However, the Standard name lasted into the 1980s in India

India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
, where Standard Motor Products, Madras manufactured the Triumph Herald

Triumph Herald

The Triumph Herald was a small two-door car introduced in 1959 by the Triumph Motor Company Company of Coventry. Body design was by the Italian stylist Michelotti, and the car was offered in sedan , convertible , coup?, van and station wagon variants....
with the basic 948 cc engine as the Standard Herald in the 1960s, eventually with additional four-door and five-door estate models exclusively for the Indian market.

After 1970, Standard Motor Products split with British Leyland, and introduced a bodily restyled four-door saloon based on the Herald called the Standard Gazel in 1971, using the same 948 cc engine but with a live rear axle, as the Herald's 'swing-axle' one was not liked much by Indian buyers and mechanics alike. The Gazel was built in small numbers — it has been suggested that it did so to keep its manufacturer's licence — until 1977. With the company concentrating solely on producing commercial vehicles based on the Leyland 20, badged as Standard 20, production of Standard cars ceased until the Standard 2000, a rebadged Rover SD1

Rover SD1

Rover SD1 is the code name given to a series of large executive cars made by British Leyland and its successor Austin Rover from 1976 until 1986....
, was launched in 1985. The car rode higher and had a slightly modified old 1991 cc Standard Vanguard engine, as the company could not procure the license to use the original Rover engine on this car, and was thus not successful, apart from the reasons that it faced competition from cars with Japanese and other newer, fuel-efficient technology in India. It ceased production in 1987 and was the last car to bear the Standard name.

British car models

Pre World War 1

Year	Type	Engine
1903	6 hp	1006 cc side valve single cylinder
1904-1905	12/15	1926 cc side valve 2 cylinder
1905	16 hp	3142 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1905-1908	18/20	4714 cc side valve 6 cylinder
1906	10 hp	631 cc side valve 2 cylinder
1906	16/20	3531 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1906	24/30	5232 cc side valve 6 cylinder
1906-1912	50 hp	11734 cc side valve 6 cylinder
1907	15 hp	1593 cc side valve 6 cylinder
1907-1908	30 hp	5297 cc side valve 6 cylinder
1908-1911	20 hp	4032 cc side valve 6 cylinder
1908-1911	40 hp	6167 cc side valve 6 cylinder
1909-1911	16 hp	2688 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1910-1911	12 hp	1656 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1911-1914	20 hp	3620 cc (3336 cc from 1913) side valve 6 cylinder
1911-1912	15 hp	2368 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1912	25 hp	4032 cc side valve 6 cylinder
1913-1918	9.5 hp Model S	1087 cc side valve 4 cylinder

1919-1939

Year	Type	Engine
1919-1921	9.5 hp Model SLS	1328 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1921-1923	8 hp	1087 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1921-1923	11.6 hp SLO	1598 cc ohv 4 cylinder
1922-1926	13.9 hp SLO-4	1307 cc ohv 4 cylinder
1923-1927	11.4 hp V3	1307 cc ohv 4 cylinder
1926-1928	13.9 hp V4	1944 cc ohv 4 cylinder
1927-1928	18/36 hp	2230 cc ohv 6 cylinder
1927-1930	9 hp	1153 or 1287 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1929-1933	15 hp	1930 or 2054 cc side valve 6 cylinder
1930-1933	9.9 hp Big Nine	1287 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1931-1935	20 hp Envoy	2552 cc side valve 6 cylinder
1932-1933	Little Nine	1006 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1932-1933	Little Twelve	1337 cc side valve 6 cylinder
1932-1933	Big Twelve	1497 cc side valve 6 cylinder
1934	12/6	1497 cc side valve 6 cylinder
1934-1935	10/12 Speed Model	1608 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1934-1936	Nine	1052 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1934-1936	Ten	1343 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1934-1936	Twelve	1608 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1934-1936	Sixteen	2143 cc side valve 6 cylinder
1935-1936	Twenty	2664 cc side valve 6 cylinder
1937-1938	Flying Ten Standard Ten The Standard Ten was a small car produced by the British Standard Motor Company from 1906 to 1961.The name was first used in 1906 as the 10hp, with a 631 cc 2-cylinder side valve engine....	1267 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1937-1940	Flying Twelve	1608 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1937-1940	Flying Nine	1131 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1937-1940	Flying Light Twelve	1343 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1937-1940	Flying Fourteen	1608 cc or 1776 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1936-1940	Flying Sixteen	2143 cc side valve 6 cylinder
1936-1940	Flying Twenty	2663 cc side valve 6 cylinder
19367-1938	Flying V8	26868 cc side valve V-8 cylinder
1938-1940	Flying Eight Standard Eight The Standard Eight is a small car produced by the British Standard Motor Company from 1938 to 1959.The car was originally launched in 1938 as the Flying Eight....	1021 cc side valve 4 cylinder

1945-1963

Year	Type	Engine	Production
1945-1948	Eight Standard Eight The Standard Eight is a small car produced by the British Standard Motor Company from 1938 to 1959.The car was originally launched in 1938 as the Flying Eight....	1021 cc side valve four cylinder	383,139
1945-1948	Twelve	1608 cc side valve 4 cylinder	9959
1945-1948	Fourteen	1776 cc side valve 4 cylinder	22,229
1947-1953	Vanguard Phase I Standard Vanguard The Standard Vanguard is a car produced by the Standard Motor Company in Coventry from 1947 to 1963.The car was announced in July 1947 and was completely new with no resemblance to the previous models and was Standard's first post World War II car....	2088 cc ohv 4 cylinder	184,799
1953-1955	Vanguard Phase II Standard Vanguard The Standard Vanguard is a car produced by the Standard Motor Company in Coventry from 1947 to 1963.The car was announced in July 1947 and was completely new with no resemblance to the previous models and was Standard's first post World War II car....	2088 cc ohv 4 cylinder 2092 cc ohv 4 cylinder diesel	81,074 1,973
1953-1957	Eight Standard Eight The Standard Eight is a small car produced by the British Standard Motor Company from 1938 to 1959.The car was originally launched in 1938 as the Flying Eight....	803 cc ohv 4 cylinder	136,317
1954-1956	Ten Standard Ten The Standard Ten was a small car produced by the British Standard Motor Company from 1906 to 1961.The name was first used in 1906 as the 10hp, with a 631 cc 2-cylinder side valve engine....	948 cc ohv 4 cylinder	172,500
1955-1958	Vanguard Phase III Standard Vanguard The Standard Vanguard is a car produced by the Standard Motor Company in Coventry from 1947 to 1963.The car was announced in July 1947 and was completely new with no resemblance to the previous models and was Standard's first post World War II car....	2088 cc ohv 4 cylinder	37,194
1956-1957	Sportsman Standard Vanguard The Standard Vanguard is a car produced by the Standard Motor Company in Coventry from 1947 to 1963.The car was announced in July 1947 and was completely new with no resemblance to the previous models and was Standard's first post World War II car....	2088 cc ohv 4 cylinder	901
1957-1961	Ensign Standard Vanguard The Standard Vanguard is a car produced by the Standard Motor Company in Coventry from 1947 to 1963.The car was announced in July 1947 and was completely new with no resemblance to the previous models and was Standard's first post World War II car....	1670 cc ohv 4 cylinder 2092 cc ohv 4 cylinder diesel	18,852
1957-1959	Pennant Standard Ten The Standard Ten was a small car produced by the British Standard Motor Company from 1906 to 1961.The name was first used in 1906 as the 10hp, with a 631 cc 2-cylinder side valve engine....	948 cc ohv 4 cylinder	42,910
1958-1961	Vanguard Vignale Standard Vanguard The Standard Vanguard is a car produced by the Standard Motor Company in Coventry from 1947 to 1963.The car was announced in July 1947 and was completely new with no resemblance to the previous models and was Standard's first post World War II car....	2088 cc ohv 4 cylinder	26,276
1960-1963	Vanguard Six Standard Vanguard The Standard Vanguard is a car produced by the Standard Motor Company in Coventry from 1947 to 1963.The car was announced in July 1947 and was completely new with no resemblance to the previous models and was Standard's first post World War II car....	1998 cc ohv 6 cylinder	9953
1962-1963	Ensign II Standard Vanguard The Standard Vanguard is a car produced by the Standard Motor Company in Coventry from 1947 to 1963.The car was announced in July 1947 and was completely new with no resemblance to the previous models and was Standard's first post World War II car....	2138 cc ohv 4 cylinder	2318

Military and commercial

Year	Type	Engine
1940-1943	Beaverette Standard Beaverette Standard Car 4x2, or Car Armoured Light Standard, better known as the Beaverette, was a United Kingdom Armored car produced during World War II....	1,776 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1940-1944	12 hp Light Utility	1,608 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1943	Jeep	1,608 cc side valve 4 cylinder
1947-1958	12cwt	2,088 cc ohv 4 cylinder
1954-62	6cwt	948 cc ohv 4 cylinder
1958-1962	10 hp Atlas	948 cc ohv 4 cylinder
1962-1963	Atlas Major	1,670 cc ohv 4 cylinder
1962-1965	7cwt	1,147 cc ohv 4 cylinder

External links

- British Motor Heritage Ltd
- Austin Rover Web Resource
Channel 4

Standard Motor Company

History

1903-1914

First World War

1919-1939

World War II

The Post War years

Standard in India

British car models

Pre World War 1

1919-1939

1945-1963

Military and commercial

See also

External links