Daimler cars Timeline History

• 1896 First Daimler Vehicle
• Daimler Twenty
• Daimler Twenty-Two
• Daimler Twenty-Four
• 1926–1937 Daimler Double-Six 30 (3.75-litres), 30/40 (5.25-litres), 50 later named 40/50 (6.5-litres)
• 1930-1934 Daimler Twenty-Five 20-30/25 3.6-litre six-cylinder sleeve-valve
• 1931-1933 Daimler Twenty LQ20 Q16-20 2.6-litre six-cylinder sleeve-valve
• 1932–1937 Daimler Fifteen 1.8, 2.0 and 2.2-litres, first return to poppet-valve engines. popularly priced
• 1933-1936 Daimler Twenty L20 2.7-litre six-cylinder ohv
• 1934–1940 Daimler Straight-Eight V26 26 hp 32 hp
• 1936-1939 Daimler Light Twenty 2.6-litre six-cylinder ohv
• 1936–1940 Daimler Light Straight-Eight E 3½ and E 4 all-alloy 3421cc and 3960cc
• 1937-1939 Daimler Twenty-Four E24 six-cylinder ES24 saloon and EL24 limousine
• 1937–1940 Daimler New Fifteen DB17 2¼ and 2½-litre
• 1938–1945 Daimler Scout (4wd 2½-litre) known to the Army as Dingo, made at J C Bamford Uttoxeter.
• 1940– ? Daimler Armoured Car all-wheel-drive
• 1946–1952 Daimler Twenty-Seven DE27 (6 cyl.) (prod: 255)
• 1946–1953 Daimler Straight-Eight DE 36 (prod: 205)
• 1946–1949 Daimler Eighteen DB18 2½-litre. (prod: 3355)New Fifteen with a Scout engine
• 1948–1953 Daimler Eighteen DB18 2½-litre, Sports Special Barker drophead coupé, Hooper Empress - owner-driver and limousine (prod: 608)
• 1949–1953 Daimler Consort DB18 2½-litre, (prod: 4250)
• 1952–1957 Daimler Regency DF300 3-litre, 3½-litre, or 4½-litre saloon, Sportsman saloon, Barker Special Sports Coupé, Hooper Empress - owner-driver and limousine. One-O-Four DF310 (prod: 560)
• 1952–1971 Ferret Scout Car
• 1953–1956 Daimler Conquest DJ250 and Daimler Conquest Century DJ256 2½-litre, Barker Conquest Century coupé (prod: 9620)
• 1955–1957 Daimler Conquest Century Roadster DJ254 and DJ255 (prod: 119)
• 1954–1960 Daimler Regina DF400 and DK400 4½-litre, (prod: 132) last Daimler car with preselector transmission, owner-driver and limousine
• 1958–1962 Daimler Majestic DF316 3.8-litre, (prod: 1490) a One-O-Four DF310 with different shape, BW automatic transmission, 4-wheel disc brakes. Owner-driver and limousine
• 1959 Daimler SP250 V8 (Dart, A-spec.) open 2-seater put into production as a drophead or convertible
• 1959–1964 Daimler SP250 V8 (B and C spec.) (prod: 2645, A B & C)
• 1959–1968 Daimler Majestic Major DQ450 V8 (prod: 1180)
• 1961–1967 Daimler limousine DR450 V8 (prod: 864) a nimble high-speed top-executive transport and the last true Daimler

Hybrid

• 1962–1969 Daimler 2.5 V8 and V8-250 used a Jaguar Mark 2 hull (prod: 17620)

Jaguar

• 1966–1969 Daimler Sovereign XJ16 with better finishes and Daimler grille and badges on a Jaguar 420
• 1968–1992 Daimler DS420 Limousine, successor to the DR450, a lengthened Jaguar Mark X hull with a completely new body
• 1969–1983 Daimler Sovereign with better finishes and Daimler grille and badges on a Jaguar XJ6
• 1972–1992 Daimler Double-Six with better finishes and Daimler grille and badges on a Jaguar XJ12 series I II and III
• 1986–1992 Daimler XJ40 new car and new engine as prescribed by British Leyland, the 1986 XJ40 Jaguar body could not accept Jaguar's V12 engine
• 1992–1994 Daimler Majestic XJ340 wheelbase extended 5 inches (130 mm); 3.2- and 4-litre engines
• 1992–1994 Daimler Majestic Double-Six XJ381 6-litre engine. Intended to take 75% of group V12 sales
• 1994–2002 Daimler X300 and X330 body returns to a more recognizable shape. V8 from 1997
• 1996 Daimler Century limited edition: 50 V12, 50 straight 6; marking 100 years of Daimler Coventry
• 2002–2005 Daimler Super V8 X350 V8 engine, alloy structure
• 2005 Daimler Super Eight