Daimler DS420

Sticking to our theme this week of big luxury cars, today I present the Daimler DS420 or simply known as the Daimler Limousine. I’m sure by just looking at the picture above you will understand why it’s called a limousine. It’s size certainly makes it’s presence felt wherever the car may be and of course when there is such a car present, you will know that there is someone important present as well. The Daimler DS420 was used by many countries as their official car which of course included Great Britain. Other than that, a notable non-royalty owner was Howard Hughes who was also a well known aviator.

 Later model with rubber bumpers

Landaulet model with a rear passenger open top

The Daimler DS420 indeed had a very long production period which lasted about 25 years from 1968 up to 1992 and in those years only around 5,000 units were built. That is certainly not much from 25 years of production but that’s what made the car exclusive to it’s owners. It only came with one engine variant and that was the famous 4.2 litre inline 6 cylinder. Even though there was only one engine variant but there were many types of bodies available, mainly built by coachbuilders.

With so few built, this model still never became a sought after vehicle. Checking out prices overseas showed that the cars were available for as low as £2,000 depending on it’s condition of course. Many are sued as wedding rentals as a car it’s size is quite suited to be used for such occasions and the rear space is just enormous and it also had extra foldable seats at the rear (pic above). But I’ve personally not seen any in Malaysia as yet though there may be a few hiding in garages around the country but personally I doubt all are in running condition. I leave you with two videos to get you closer to the car, on the screen at least..