This article is about the smaller Daimler V8 saloon (car). For its V8 engine, see Daimler V8 engines.
Motor vehicle
Daimler 2.5 V8 & V8-250
1964 Daimler 2.5 V8
Overview
Manufacturer
The Daimler Company Limited
Production
1962–1967 (2.5 V8) 1967–1969 (V8-250) total in excess of 17,600[1]
Assembly
Coventry, England
Designer
William Lyons (body) Edward Turner (engine)
Body and chassis
Class
Executive car (E)
Body style
4-door saloon
Layout
FR layout
Related
Jaguar Mark 2
Powertrain
Engine
Daimler 2.5-litre V8
Transmission
3-speed automatic
Borg-Warner 35 (1962-1964)[2][3]
Borg-Warner D1/D2 (1964-1969)[4][3]
4-speed manual (with optional overdrive) available from 1967
[5][6]
Dimensions
Wheelbase
2,720 mm (107.1 in)
Length
4,570 mm (179.9 in)
Width
1,670 mm (65.7 in)
Kerb weight
3020 pounds 1375 kg
Chronology
Predecessor
Daimler Conquest
Successor
not replaced, Daimler Sovereign 2.8
The Daimler 2.5 V8/V8-250 is a four-door saloon which was produced by The Daimler Company Limited in the United Kingdom from 1962 to 1969. It was the first Daimler car to be based on a Jaguar platform, the first with a unit body, and the last to feature a Daimler engine after the company was bought from the Birmingham Small Arms Company by Jaguar Cars in 1960. The engine is the hemispherical head V8 designed by Edward Turner and first used in the Daimler SP250 sports car.
^Douglas-Scott-Montagu & Burgess-Wise 1995, p. 279.
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