Daimler Conquest Century 1954
General description :
The British brand Daimler, founded in 1893 as a licensee of Daimler in Stuttgart/Germany, was famous for its luxury limousines. It became the prime vendor for the English royal family. After 1945, the DB Consort 18 was created, and in 1953 replaced by the Conquest. A newly developed six-cylinder engine with preselector gearbox were characteristics of the series. The name “Conquest” stood for wanting to take over the market. At the Paris Auto Salon in 1954 the Conquest Century was first introduced as a Drophead Coupé (DHC).Our Daimler Conquest Century DHC hails from Sweden and has been registered in Germany since 2015. That is also when the two-door car was restored at a specialized shop in Hamburg/Germany (cost approx. € 7.000). Since then, this extremely rare oldtimer convertible has been brinigng joy and happiness to any excursion. Treat yourself to something special!!
Body Style : DHC (Drophead Coupé)
Year : 1954
Cubic Capacity : 2,433 cc
Engine : 6 cylinder inline
Power : 74kW/101 hp
Transmission : preselector gearbox
Drivetrain : rear
Exterior Color : red/cream
Interior : leather
Interior : Colorred
Trim : restored
1954 Daimler Conquest Century is listed for sale on ClassicDigest in Lübberstedt by Steenbuck Automobiles GmbH for €39900.
Car Facts
Car type : Car Make : Daimler Model : Conquest Model Version : Century Engine size : 2.4 Model Year : 1954 Sub type : Coupé Location : Hainholzweg 1 Germany 21376 Gödenstorf-Lübberstedt Vehicle Registration : Undefined
39900 €
Seller Information
Steenbuck AUTOMOBILES GmbH
Steenbuck Automobiles GmbH
+49 (0)4175 802020
Steenbuck Automobiles GmbH
+49 (0)4175 802020
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About Daimler
Daimler was an independent British motor vehicle manufacturer founded in London by H. J. Lawson in 1896. To secure the name they bought the right to the use of the Daimler name simultaneously from Gottlieb Daimler and Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft. Britain's oldest car manufacturer was purchased by Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) in 1910 after numerous ownership arrangements.
Under BSA era they produced some of the most outrageous luxury cars such as low-chassis Daimler double-six 50hp, commercial vehicles, and military vehicles including tanks and a four-wheel-drive armoured scout car, nicknamed Dingo (WWII).
Postwar Daimler's most significant achievement came in the form of so called Turner engines, when Ed Turner, head of the automotive division, designed a series lightweight hemi head Daimler 2.5 & 4.5 Litre V8 Engines.
In May 1960, the Daimler business was purchased from BSA by Jaguar that was looking for the manufacturing facilities. This eventually led to Daimler becoming just a badge engineered jaguar.
The real tragedy is that Jaguar complitely failed to use the potential of Turner's hemi engines, that in all ernest were superior to Jaguar's XK design. Just imagine, if E-type had been introduced with the 4.5 light alloy v8 in 1961, what a rocket ship that would have made!