Daimler SP250 with quarter flashes and front bumper
Overview
Manufacturer
The Daimler Company Limited
Also called
Daimler Dart (pre-production) [1]
Production
1959–1964
Assembly
Coventry, England
Designer
Edward Turner
Jack Wickes
Body and chassis
Class
Sports car
Body style
2-seat open car
Layout
FR layout
Powertrain
Engine
2.5 litre iron-block V-8 140 hp (104 kW)[2]
Transmission
4-speed manual
3-speed automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase
92 in (2,337 mm)[3]
Length
165 in (4,191 mm)[3]
Width
60 in (1,524 mm)[3]
Height
50.25 in (1,276 mm)[3]
Kerb weight
2,070 lb (940 kg)
The Daimler SP250 is a sports car built by the Daimler Company, a British manufacturer in Coventry, from 1959 to 1964. It was the last car to be launched by Daimler before its parent company, the Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA), sold it to Jaguar Cars in 1960.
^Smith 1972, p. 270.
^Willson 1995, p. 72.
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The DaimlerSP250 is a sports car built by the Daimler Company, a British manufacturer in Coventry, from 1959 to 1964. It was the last car to be launched...
Turner and first used in the DaimlerSP250 sports car. Daimler had entered the medium-sized saloon market in 1932 with the Daimler Fifteen but left the market...
initially used in the SP250 sports car and the Majestic Major saloon respectively; ultimately, the 2.5 L was mostly used in the Daimler 2.5 V8 (later named...
Jaguar discontinued the six-cylinder Majestic in 1962 and the SP250 in 1964, but Daimler's core product, the old-fashioned, heavy but fast 4.5 L V8 Majestic...
following is a list of motor cars manufactured by the Daimler Company and its successors. All Veteran Daimlers had side valves and chain drive except the Critchley...
replaceable with Triumph components. Robson, Graham; Bonds, Ray (2002). "DaimlerSP250 ('Dart')". The Illustrated Directory of Sports Cars. MBI Publishing...
engines. Reliant's first Scimitar was a coupé based upon the styling of a DaimlerSP250 prototype (renamed the SX250) and the chassis of a Reliant Sabre. It...
shortened and strengthened chassis of a DaimlerSP250. Engine, gearbox and even suspension were reused from the Daimler and the Talisman body put on top. The...
rally car. Robson (2012), p. 111 Markus, Frank (February 2012), "1960 DaimlerSP250 vs 1966 Sunbeam Tiger – British Brawn", Motor Trend, retrieved 11 April...
Jaguar AJ-V8 engine. Other U.K. manufacturers The Daimler V8 engine was introduced in the 1959 DaimlerSP250 sports car and was produced until 1969. This engine...
Dart" 28 April 2014 (2014-04-28) Tim and Fuzz go to Berkshire for a DaimlerSP250 Dart which has been in a shed for over 10 years. 17 7 "Morris Traveller...
Show. The final car was the SX250, an updated DaimlerSP250 built in 1962. Two were made, but Daimler was not interested and the design was sold to Reliant...
11th John Howe Jaguar XK120 24 CP 12th Gerry Georgi Daimler 91 CP 13th Duncan Black DaimlerSP250 4 CP 14th Harvey Marks Porsche 356 155 BP 15th Tom Kerr...
Woods 22 Aug 1965 Outer Loop 1965 SCCA National 1965 The Glen 500 Km DaimlerSP250 5 Edward Mathias 17 Oct 1965 1965 SCCA National Porsche - Elvra 6 Martin...
Engineering 3 SR + 2000 344 16 Peter Whitelaw K Woolf P Ganderton 18 DaimlerSP250 Peter E Whitelaw 2 IP + 2000 300 17 Phil Barnes J Leighton Morris Cooper...
Corvette 9 CP 13th Tom Payne Arnolt - Bristol 33 CP 14th Paul Padrutt DaimlerSP250 96 BP 15th H. Hutcheson Porsche 356 Carrera ? CP 16th Bill Strand Porsche...
30 September Bathurst Six Hour Classic Ian Geoghegan Leo Geoghegan DaimlerSP250 1963 15 April Bathurst 100 Lex Davison Cooper T62 Climax 6 October Armstrong...
Modified Harry Heuer Chaparral 1-Chevrolet C Production Duncan Black DaimlerSP250 D Modified Roger Penske "Zerex Special" Cooper T53-Climax D Production...
6 Hour Classic, Australian Muscle Car, Issue 64, pages 114 to 118 "DaimlerSP250 in Australia", including image of the Geoghegan car in the 1962 Bathurst...
Ron Thorpe's Bargain Barn Pty Ltd 420 2 Brian Lawler, Harry Gapps 21 DaimlerSP250 Brian Lawler 372 3 Ross Bond, Digby Cooke, Bill Stanley 19 Austin-Healey...
Holbert Porsche 718 RSK, Porsche 718 RS 60 E Production Duncan Black DaimlerSP250 F Modified Roger Penske Porsche 718 RSK, Porsche 718 RS 60 F Production...
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