Standard Twenty

The Standard Twenty was a range of light commercial vehicles built in India by Standard Motor Products of India, based on the Standard Atlas, later sold in Britain as the Leyland 20. It was sold with the advertising slogan "Standard Twenty can do plenty". Its two-litre Standard four-cylinder engine was borrowed from an old Standard Vanguard, and the same four-speed manual gearbox later went into the Standard 2000 car. Production of diesel engines began in India for these vehicles, and those engines were later exported back to the United Kingdom for use in the refurbished Carbodies FX4Q London cabs. Although the company built both passenger cars and light commercials, production was always low, and the Twenty was later updated with locally developed angular bodywork. In the fiscal year 1974 to 1975 the company built only 1,393 units in all.