Английская Википедия:Daimler DR450
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Шаблон:Infobox automobile engine The Daimler DR450 is a limousine variant of the Majestic Major DQ450 saloon. Produced from 1961[1] 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 Шаблон:Convert 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.[2] 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),[3] rather better than the much shorter lighter 5-passenger Jaguar Mark X.
- chassis: massive box-section and cross-braced frame, separate from the all-steel body
- suspension
- front: Girling type with semi-trailing wishbones and forward facing arms, coil springs, Girling telescopic dampers
- rear: live axle, half-elliptic leaf springs, Girling telescopic dampers
- brakes:Dunlop disc brakes vacuum-servo assisted
- front: Шаблон:Convert
- rear: Шаблон:Convert
- wheels: Шаблон:Convert pressed steel, 5 studs, rims—Шаблон:Convert
- tyres: Dunlop RS5, 700-16 with tubes
- steering: Hydrosteer power assisted
- steering wheel diameter Шаблон:Convert
- steering column: adjustable for reach
- headlamps two 50/40 watts and fog lamps
- heating and ventilation are independently provided for rear and front compartments
- seating, three on the front bench seat, three on the back seat and two on the folding occasional seats
- folding occasional seats have received particular care in shaping for comfort and support. They fold away into their own footwells below the division when not required
- rear doors open a full 90 degrees
- seatbelts no provision
- grease: ten points every 1,000 miles, seven points every 5,000 miles[3]
Test
Autocar road testers said "Few cars possess the Jekyll and Hyde personality of the Daimler limousine in providing very high performance, comfort, safety and enormous carrying capacity . . . after enjoying the Daimler for its special merits of high performance and excellent handling, one feels even a little sympathy for chauffeurs who may rarely have the opportunity to discover for themselves the other side of the car's character."[3]
"It is always a challenge for the engineers to provide a good compromise of ride in a car of which the laden weight can conceivably vary by as much as 14 to 15 cwts Шаблон:Convert to Шаблон:Convert. The Daimler limousine has achieved a very high standard in this respect".[3]
Performance
On test by Autocar average fuel consumption for the total distance of 1404 miles proved to be 14.7 miles per gallon or 19.2 L/100 km. The maximum speed of the car was a (mean) of 113.5 mph, 182.6 km/h and the best run 114 or 183.2 km/h.[3]
Price
October 1961 £3,995 including tax,
Jaguar Mark X £2,393
Market sector 1966
There were only three English limousines in production in 1966. The Rolls-Royce Phantom V was available for approximately £10,700, the Daimler DR450 for £3,558 complete (or £1,899 for a bare chassis), and the Vanden Plas Austin Princess for around £3,100.[4]
References
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Шаблон:Post-war Daimler cars Шаблон:British Motor Holdings and British Leyland cars, 1966-1986
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