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.

Daimler Conquest
DJ250 to DJ261
1955 DJ256 Conquest Century (Mark I)
Overview
ManufacturerThe Daimler Company Limited
Also calledDaimler Century
Production19531958
Body and chassis
ClassExecutive car (E)
Body style
Powertrain
Engine2,433 cc (2.433 L; 148.5 cu in) straight-6
Conquest: 75 bhp, cast iron head, single Zenith carb.
Conquest Century: 100 bhp, aluminium alloy head, twin SU carbs.
Transmission(1953–'58) preselector gearbox with fluid flywheel
(1956–'58) optional B-W automatic
cars DJ260 or DJ261
Dimensions
Wheelbase104 in (2,642 mm)
Length177 in (4,496 mm)
Width65.5 in (1,664 mm)
Height65 in (1,651 mm)
Kerb weight1,397 kg (3,080 lb)
Chronology
PredecessorDaimler Consort
SuccessorNo immediate successor, then Daimler 2.5 V8 in 1962
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