Daimler · 1937–1940

Daimler New Fifteen

The Daimler New Fifteen was a large saloon/sedan car at the low end of the Daimler's range produced between 1937 and 1940. It had a tax rating of 16.2 hp. In September 1938 it was given a larger engine with the tax rating of 17.9 hp though it retained the name Fifteen. When production resumed in 1946 it was given a revised cylinder head, given chrome channel frames for the side windows, stripped of its running-boards, and renamed Daimler Eighteen.

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Specifications

name: Daimler Fifteen DB /17 DB /18
aka: Daimler New Fifteen
Manufacturer: The Daimler Company Limited
Production: 1937–1940, Approx. 2850 made
Assembly: United Kingdom: Coventry
Class: Executive car (E)
Body style: four-door “six-light” saloon (£485), four-door “four-light" sports saloon (also £485), others as arranged with coachbuilder by customer
Engine: 2166 cc 6-cylinder in-line ohv (at launch), 2,522 cc 6-cylinder in-line ohv (from late 1938)
Transmission: 4-speed preselective self-changing gearbox and Fluid Flywheel an open propeller shaft and underhung worm-driven axle
Wheelbase: 114 in , Track 52 in
Width: 65 in
Kerb weight: 30.5 cwt
Length: 180 in
Predecessor: Daimler Fifteen
Successor: Daimler Eighteen
Related: Lanchester Roadrider
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