Daimler · 1953–1958

Daimler Conquest

The Daimler Conquest is an automobile which was produced by The Daimler Company Limited in the United Kingdom from 1953 to 1958. Based on the Lanchester Fourteen, the Conquest replaced the Daimler Consort. Sales were affected by increasing prices and by the fuel shortage caused by the Suez Crisis, and production ended by January 1958, before a replacement model was in production.

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Successor: Daimler 250

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Specifications

name: Daimler Conquest, DJ250 to DJ261
aka: Daimler Century
Manufacturer: The Daimler Company Limited
Production: 1953–January 1958
Class: Executive car (E)
Body style: 4-door saloon, 2-door drophead coupe, 2-door roadster
Engine: 2433 cc straight-6, Conquest: 75 bhp, cast iron head, single Zenith carb., Conquest Century: 100 bhp, aluminium alloy head, twin SU carbs.
Transmission: preselector gearbox with fluid flywheel (1953–1956), optional B-W automatic (1956–1958), cars DJ260 or DJ261
Length: 177 in
Width: 65.5 in
Height: 65 in
Kerb weight: 1397 kg
Wheelbase: 104 in
Predecessor: Daimler Consort
Successor: No immediate successor, then Daimler 2.5 V8 in 1962
sp: uk
Assembly: United Kingdom: Coventry