Standard · 1937–1940
Standard Flying Fourteen
The Standard Flying Fourteen is an automobile which was produced by the British Standard Motor Company from 1937 to 1940 and announced in October 1936. The other Flying Standard models had been announced twelve months earlier. A standard is a flag and the reference to flying standards is to flying flags as well as to the advertised abilities of the cars.
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Successor: Standard Vanguard
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Specifications
- name
- Standard Flying Fourteen
- Manufacturer
- Standard Motor Company
- Production
- 1937–1940
- Assembly
- United Kingdom
- Body style
- 4-door 5-seat (fastback) saloon, 4-door 5-seat Touring Saloon, 2-door drophead coupe
- Layout
- FR
- Engine
- 1776 cc Straight-4 side-valve
- Transmission
- Four speed manual — synchromesh on 2, 3 and 4, needle-bearing propeller shaft to a half-floating rear axle, spiral bevel final drive
- Wheelbase
- 108 in, ’’’Track’’’ 52 in
- Length
- 173 in
- Width
- 62 in
- Height
- 63 in
- Kerb weight
- Saloon 24 cwt, 2688 lb
- Predecessor
- none
- Successor
- Standard Fourteen
- Related
- Standard Twelve
- sp
- uk
Specification summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Measured facts from Wikidata (CC0). Check the linked sources for citations.
Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q955531CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Flying_FourteenCC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1370666432 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Standard_14_CD_-_Flickr_-_exfordy.jpgCC BY 2.0 · Photo: Brian Snelson from Hockley, Essex, England · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.