Manufacturer Standard Motor Company Related | Also called Standard 14 | |
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Production 1937-1940
1945-1948
22,229 (post war) Assembly United Kingdom
Australia Body style 4-door saloon
2-door drophead coupe
4-door estate | ||
The Standard Flying Fourteen is an automobile which was produced by the British Standard Motor Company from 1937 to 1940 and, as the Standard Fourteen, from 1945 to 1948. The Flying Fourteen name was used initially as the model represented a move away from the very perpendicular look of many cars at the start of the 1930s to a more streamlined look that Standard, in common with a number of manufacturers in England and France, adopted towards the end of the decade.
The Flying Fourteen was offered as a four-door saloon on a 108-inch wheelbase post war 100 inch with a 1,776 cc side valve four cylinder engine. Drophead coupe and estate car variants were offered post-war, along with a four-door saloon. The post-war model could be distinguished from its predecessor by a lack of bonnet louvres. the post war 14hp is a modified prewar 12hp car fitted with a 14 hp engine option The engine and transmission from the Fourteen were also used in the Jaguar 1½ Litre (retrospectively known as the Jaguar Mk IV).
Press reports praised the economy, smooth running, roominess and finish of the Fourteen. Luggage was relegated to an external folding bumper carrier, which at the time was not unusual.