Daimler DR450

Overview

Daimler (Turner) 4½ litre V8

manufacturer	The Daimler Company Limited
production	2,044 864 DR450 cars 1,180 DQ450 cars
predecessor	Thirty-Six DE 36 DK400 Straight-Six
successor	Daimler DS420
configuration	90 degree V eight-cylinder
displacement	4.561 L‡R2R‡
bore	95.3 mm‡R2R‡
stroke	80 mm‡R2R‡
block	Cast iron
head	Aluminium alloy, hemispherical combustion chambers
valvetrain	OHV by pushrods and rockers‡R2R‡ Two valves per cylinder hemispherical head
compression	8.0:1‡R2R‡
fuelsystem	Carburettors—twin S.U. HD8; fuel pump—SU electric Aua 61‡R2R‡
management	None
fueltype	Petrol‡R2R‡
oilsystem	Filter—Full flow replaceable element‡R2R‡
coolingsystem	Water‡R2R‡
power	220 bhp @ 5,500 rpm‡R2R‡
torque	383.7 Nm @ 3,200 rpm.‡R2R‡
length	31.25 in
width	25.5 in
height	31 in
weight	498 lb

The Daimler DR450 is a limousine variant of the Majestic Major DQ450 saloon. Produced from 1961[3] to 1968, it was the last complete car designed by The Daimler Company Limited.

Intended for the carriage trade, as an executive express or as a hire car for those needing something larger than a five-seater saloon, the DR450 was produced in numbers close to those of the Majestic Major saloon on which it was based.

Design and specifications

The chassis was 24.0 in longer than for the Majestic Major and the necessarily flat glass of the three side-windows no longer could be let flow with the body-shape. The equally flat-windowed but bulbous Jaguar Mark X was released to the market the same year.[4] The 4,561 cc (278 cubic inch) hemi-head engine pushed the 2¼ tonnes of car and driver to 100 km/h in under 11 seconds, to 100 mph in 37 seconds and provided a top speed of 183 km/h (114 miles per hour),

Daimler DR450

Design and specifications

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Market sector 1966

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