The Standard Gazel was a small four-door saloon built by Standard Motor Products of India in Madras from 1971 until 1978. It grew out of the Indian Standard Herald, which was itself the local version of the Triumph Herald, and it kept the same chassis and drivetrain, but the rounded front wings were redesigned under the influence of the facelifted Triumph Herald 13/60, giving it a famously stern face. At the rear the bootlid became flat with new rectangular lights set low, and a conventional live rear axle on leaf springs replaced the Herald's swing axle. Broad bench seats front and rear let it be sold as a five to six seater family car, and its interior was praised for PVC leatherette and a key-lockable driver's door. It outlived the British Triumph Herald by about seven years.
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Article body, introduction
But it was with the introduction of the new Standard Gazel in 1971
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four-door, four-light, five- to six-seater saloon
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the Gazel remained in production until 1978
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four-door, four-light, five- to six-seater saloon
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that the Indian product truly took a shape of its own.
Of Make: Standard Motor Company, Make
four-door, four-light, five- to six-seater saloon
Exemplifies: Automobile Transport, Mode
four-door, four-light, five- to six-seater saloon
In Group: Sedans, Body, group
four-door, four-light, five- to six-seater saloon
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