Production chronology1906–1961
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
Wikipedia lead ↗56 years
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Standard / Model record
StandardTen
Production1906–1961
Recorded originUnited Kingdom
Classpassenger car
Also known asStandard Flying Ten · Standard Pennant
Background
The Standard Ten was a model name given to several small cars produced by the British Standard Motor Company between 1906 and 1961. The name was a reference to the car's fiscal horsepower or tax horsepower, a function of the surface area of the pistons. This system quickly became obsolete as an estimate of the power produced by the engine, but it continued to be relevant as a way to classify cars for tax purposes. Like other manufacturers, Standard continued to use the name to define the approximate size of their 'Ten' model long after the origins of the name had, in Britain, become inapplicable.
Text adapted from “Standard Ten” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1935–1958
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗24 years