IndustryMadras State (Congress era)
Standard Motor Products begins car production in Madras
· Vandalur
Standard Motor Products of India completed its first locally built Standard Vanguard cars at Vandalur near Madras.
Standard Motor Products of India was incorporated in 1948 by Union Company (Motors) and the British Standard Motor Company. Its first locally built Standard Vanguard cars were finished in 1951 at its factory at Vandalur, a suburb of Madras. Over the following decades it made versions of the Standard Ten, the Herald and light commercial vehicles with increasing local content. Production of Standard cars in Madras continued until 1988.
