Standard Ten

The Standard Ten was a model name given to several small cars produced by the British Standard Motor Company between 1906 and 1961, a reference to the car fiscal or tax horsepower. After an experimental two-cylinder ten in 1906 and a four-cylinder 9.5 tax horsepower car from 1914, Standard returned to the class in 1934 and replaced that model in 1937 with the Flying Ten, which lasted until the Second World War. In 1954 the Ten was introduced as a more powerful, better-appointed version of the Standard Eight, its SC engine enlarged to 948 cc, and it was among the first small British estate cars with rear-passenger doors. The Ten and the Pennant were replaced by the Triumph Herald in 1961.