Standard Motor Products of India

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Union Motor Co.
Standard Motor Products of India Limited
legal form Limited
founding 1948
resolution 1988
Seat Chennai , India
Number of employees 3258
Branch Motor vehicles

Standard Herald as a limousine
Standard Herald as a convertible
Standard Gazel as a limousine

Standard Motor Products of India Limited was an automobile manufacturer from India . One source indicates that the company first Union Motor Co. said.

Company history

The British Standard Motor Company founded the company for the manufacture of automobiles in India in Chennai in 1948 . Production started in 1950. The brand name was Standard . In early 1988 it was announced that the company could no longer pay its 3,258 employees. Production ended in the same year.

vehicles

From 1950 the standard Vanguard was produced. Standard Eight and Standard Ten followed in 1955 and the Standard Pennant in 1959 . In 1961 the Standard Herald was introduced, which corresponded to the British Triumph Herald , and was produced until 1970. Its successor, Standard Gazel , existed from 1971 to 1977. Between 1977 and 1985, the focus was on commercial vehicles . The last car model was the Standard 2000 between 1985 and 1988 , which externally corresponded to the Rover SD1 .

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Chapter Standard (XV).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1500. (English)
  3. ^ Karl Bhote: A History of Standard Motor Products, Madras ( Memento of September 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English, accessed on April 2, 2015)
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Keith Adams: Around the world: Standard Motor Products On: AR Online from September 3, 2011. (English, accessed April 2, 2016)
  5. ↑ SH Venkatramani: Rescue act on India Today from March 15, 1988 (English, accessed April 2, 2016)