" Mrs. Merdle "; a Daimler Double-Six sleeve-valve V12 | Daimler double-six V12 50hp Corsica Coachworks | Corsica drophead coupé body designed by Reid Railton ( 1931 )

For 1926, Daimler introduced Double-Six, with a sleeve-valve V12 designed by Laurence Pomeroy.

They were introduced by Daimler in October 1930 on their new Light Double-Six for an extra £ 50 and soon they were used in all Daimler vehicles.

* 1926 – 1937 Daimler Double-Six 30 ( 3. 75-litres ), 30 / 40 ( 5. 25-litres ), 50 later named 40 / 50 ( 6. 5-litres )

* 1972 – 1992 Daimler Double-Six with better finishes and Daimler grille and badges on a Jaguar XJ12 series I II and III

* 1992 – 1994 Daimler Majestic Double-Six XJ381 6-litre engine.

Daimler Double-Six SIII ( 1988 example )

For example the Daimler Double-Six was a Jaguar XJ-12, the Daimler badge and fluted top to its grille and boot handle being the only outward differences from the Jaguar, with more luxurious interior fittings and extra standard equipment marking it out on the inside.

The concept car, called the Daimler Corsica, was based on the Daimler Double-Six saloon and can seat four.

" The Daimler Corsica was named after the 1931 Daimler Double-Six with body by Corsica.

Within the UK a Daimler Double-Six Vanden Plas became a Daimler Double Six.

As with the six-cylinder cars, an upmarket version, this time called the Daimler Double-Six, became available later, reviving the Daimler model name of 1926 – 1938.

* 1973-1981 Daimler Double-Six ( Series 1 and 2 )

* 1981-1992 Daimler Double-Six ( Series 3 )

* 1993-1997 Daimler Double-Six ( XJ81 and X305 )

Among the companies using Knight's technology were Avions Voisin, Daimler ( 1909 – 1930s ) including their V12 Double Six, Panhard ( 1911 – 39 ), Mercedes ( 1909 – 24 ), Willys ( as the Willys-Knight, plus the associated Falcon-Knight ), Stearns, Mors, Peugeot, and Belgium's Minerva company that was forced to stop its sleeve-valve line of engines as a result of the limitations imposed on them by the winners of WWII, some thirty companies in all.

Daimler 22 hp open 2-seateramong the first of the sleeve-valve Daimlers ( 1909 example )

Daimler kept their silent sleeve-valve engines until the mid 1930s.

* 1930-1934 Daimler Twenty-Five 20-30 / 25 3. 6-litre six-cylinder sleeve-valve

* 1931-1933 Daimler Twenty LQ20 Q16-20 2. 6-litre six-cylinder sleeve-valve

Following the introduction of Daimler-Knight sleeve-valve engines re-designed for Daimler by Dr Frederick Lanchester Lanchester also refined the Gearless design and it re-emerged in 1910 as the KPL ( Knight-Pieper-Lanchester ) omnibus, a very advanced integral petrol electric hybrid.

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a Daimler double-six V12 50hp four-door saloon made for Anna Neagle and given her by her husband

Soon after the end of World War I, Lancia offered a 22 ° V12, Fiat had a 60 ° model 520 ( 1921-2 ), British truck manufacturer Ensign announced a V12 that did not materialize, and in 1926, Daimler ( Britain ) offered the first of a full range of sleeve valve Double Sixes, 7, 136 cc, 3, 744 cc, 5, 296 cc and 6, 511 cc versions remaining available until 1937.

* 1986 – 1992 Daimler XJ40 new car and new engine as prescribed by British Leyland, the 1986 XJ40 Jaguar body could not accept Jaguar's V12 engine

* 1996 Daimler Century limited edition: 50 V12, 50 straight 6 ; marking 100 years of Daimler Coventry

Replica of the Daimler Reitwagen | Reitwagen

Daimler Motor Company # Motors, launches, cars | Daimler shooting brake 6 hp, twin-cylinder, 1526 cc engine, mounted at the front of the car, four-speed gearbox and chain drive manufactured Coventry 1897 in Britain's first series production run Louwman Museum

Hydramatic | Shift lever Daimler Fifteen 1934 example

Daimler DK400 | Golden Zebra 2-dr coupé by Hooper

Daimler V8-250, hybridSmall Daimler V8 engines | Daimler V8 in a re-badged Jaguar carthe most popular Daimler ( 1968 example )

Image: TLF 15 Daimler Benz. JPG | Old German water tender type TLF 15 / Daimler-Benz OM 312

Image: UNFerretBovington. jpg | Daimler Ferret in UN livery

One of Lord Peter's cars is a 12-cylinder (" double-six ") 1927 Daimler four-seater, which ( like all his cars ) he calls " Mrs. Merdle " after a character in Little Dorrit ( by Charles Dickens ) who " hated fuss ".

* 1948 – 1953 Daimler Eighteen DB18 2½-litre, Sports Special Barker drophead coupé, Hooper Empress-owner-driver and limousine ( prod: 608 )

This definition was accepted by German manufacturers and the German press after Daimler introduced the 2005 Mercedes-Benz CLS 4 door coupé ( an earlier example was the Rover P5 Coupé which was based on the standard P5 3 litre, but with the roof line lowered, narrower window frames, and more raked front and rear windscreens ).

Reliant's first Scimitar was a coupé based upon the styling of a Daimler SP250 prototype ( renamed the SX250 ) and the chassis of a Reliant Sabre.

The first was the 1951 " Golden Daimler ", an opulent touring limousine, in 1952, " Blue Clover ", a two-door sportsmans coupe, in 1953 the " Silver Flash " based on the 3-litre Regency chassis, and in 1954 " Stardust ", redolent of the " Gold Car ", but based on the DK400 chassis as was what proved to be her Paris 1955 grande finale, a 2-door coupé she named " Golden Zebra ", the " last straw " for the Tax Office and now on permanent display at The Hague.

* 1953 – 1956 Daimler Conquest DJ250 and Daimler Conquest Century DJ256 2½-litre, Barker Conquest Century coupé ( prod: 9620 )

Marketing terminology is often misleading in this area-for example, Daimler AG calls the Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class sedan a four-door coupé because its semi-fastback design tries to give the impression of a coupé.

Prior to World War II, 12-cylinder engines were found in many luxury models, including cars from: Packard 1916 to 1923, Daimler 1926 to 1937, Hispano-Suiza 1931, Cadillac 1931, Auburn 1932, Franklin 1932, Lincoln 1932, Rolls-Royce 1936, and Pierce-Arrow also 1936.

In 1930 the bulk of Daimler's shareholding in its subsidiary Daimler Hire Limited was sold to the Thomas Tilling Group and, in January 1931, Daimler completed the purchase of The Lanchester Motor Company Limited.