Overview

The Standard Motor Company was founded in 1903 by R.W. Maudslay. By 1906 Standard has begun to manufacture inexpensive six cylinder engined cars and developed a range of mid-sized cars that would sell well throughout the 1920's. By 1928 Standard had launched its first small car, the Nine, which helped the company through the troublesome 1930's.

In 1945 Standard, fresh from its wartime production work, acquired Triumph cars and formed Standard-Triumph. By the early 60's Standard was experiencing an unusual image problem thanks to miss-interruption of its own company name. During its heyday the name Standard stood for quality, by 1960 the word "standard" was associated with austerity and in car-language stood for "basic". And so by the mid-1960's the "Standard" name was replaced by the "Triumph" name on all of its saloon cars.

Models produced by Standard
PictureModelProduced
10
10 1934-1936
10
10 1937-1939
10
10 1954-1960
10 Companion
10 Companion 1955-1961
10/12 Sports
10/12 Sports 1935-1935
11
11 1923-1923
11.6
11.6 1920-1924
12
12 1934-1936
12
12 1937-1940
12
12 1945-1948
14
14 1923-1928
14
14 1945-1948
15
15 1929-1930
16
16 1930-1933
16
16 1934-1936
16/20
16/20 1906-1906
20
20 1908-1911
20
20 1912-1912
20
20 1931-1935
8
8 1922-1923
8
8 1938-1948
8
8 1945-1948
8
8 1953-1959
9
9 1928-1928
9
9 1934-1936
9.5
9.5 1914-1915
9.5
9.5 1919-1919
Avon
Avon 1929-1932
Avon
Avon 1933-1935
Avon
Avon 1935-1937
Big 12
Big 12 1933-1933
Big 9
Big 9 1928-1933
Ensign
Ensign 1957-1961
Ensign Delux
Ensign Delux 1962-1963
Flying 10
Flying 10 1937-1940
Flying 12
Flying 12 1936-1936
Flying 14
Flying 14 1937-1940
Flying 20
Flying 20 1936-1940
Flying 8
Flying 8 1939-1940
Flying 9
Flying 9 1937-1940
Flying Light 12
Flying Light 12 1936-1940
Flying V8
Flying V8 1937-1938
Light 12
Light 12 1936-1936
Light 20
Light 20 1936-1936
Little 12
Little 12 1933-1933
Little 9
Little 9 1932-1933
Pennant
Pennant 1957-1960
Superior
Superior 1933-1935
Vanguard III
Vanguard III 1955-1958
Vanguard Luxury Six
Vanguard Luxury Six 1960-1963
Vanguard Phase I
Vanguard Phase I 1947-1952
Vanguard Phase II
Vanguard Phase II 1952-1956
Vanguard Phase II Diesel
Vanguard Phase II Diesel 1954-1955
Vanguard Sportsman
Vanguard Sportsman 1956-1957
Vanguard Vignale
Vanguard Vignale 1958-1961
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