Standard 8 hp Model V1

The Standard Model V1 was the small and cheaper 8 hp car that the Standard Motor Company added in the early 1920s beneath the SLO. To be cheaper it had to be lighter and simpler, and it used a new 1,087 cc four-cylinder engine rated at 8 hp RAC whose bore and stroke of 62 mm by 90 mm matched the pre-war Model S so that the cylinder blocks could be machined on the same boring tools. The engine had overhead valves with exposed pushrods and rockers, the springs were quarter-elliptical all round and the wheels were solid discs. Priced at 325 pounds, the car was rumoured to produce only 13 bhp, was criticised as underpowered and did not find favour with buyers, only 500 being built in its first season. None survives today. It was developed into the V2 for the 1923 season, with a larger bore and engine.