Standard Flying Sixteen/Twenty

Standard Flying Sixteen/Twenty
1939 Standard Flying Twenty
Overview
Manufacturer	Standard Motor Company[1]
Production	1935–1937 (Sixteen) 1935–1939 (Twenty)
Assembly	United Kingdom
Body and chassis
Body style	4-door 5-seat (fastback) saloon 4-door 5-seat Touring Saloon (Avon)
Layout	FR
Related	Standard Flying Fourteen SS 1
Powertrain
Engine	2,143 cc Sixteen sv I6 2,663 cc Twenty sv I6
Transmission	4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase	116 in (2,946 mm) (Sixteen) 117 in (2,972 mm) (Twenty) 123 in (3,124 mm) (Twenty) Track: 52 in (1,320 mm)
Length	Twenty SWB: 180 in (4,570 mm)[2]
Width	63 in (1,600 mm)
Kerb weight	2,884 lb (1,308 kg) (1936)
Chronology
Predecessor	Standard Sixteen/Twenty

The Standard Flying Sixteen/Flying Twenty is an automobile produced by the British Standard Motor Company from October 1935 to 1939. It, along with most of the other Flying Standard models, were announced in October 1935.^[3] A standard is a flag and the reference to flying standards is to flying flags as well as to the airstream design of the cars. The Flying Sixteen was discontinued during 1937 and its place in the lineup taken by the four-cylinder Flying Fourteen.