Daimler Consort

Daimler DB18
Consort six-light four-door saloon 1952 example
Overview
Manufacturer	The Daimler Company Limited
Also called	Daimler 2½ litre[1] (1939–1950) Daimler Consort (1949–1953)
Production	1939–1953
Body and chassis
Class	Executive car (E)
Body style	four-door saloon numerous coachbuilt versions, standard catalogued models by Daimler subsidiaries Hooper (formal) and Barker (drophead coupés), others as arranged with coachbuilder by customer [2]
Layout	FR layout
Powertrain
Engine	2,522 cc 6-cylinder in-line ohv[2]
Transmission	4-speed pre-selector gearbox with Fluid Flywheel. Special Sports had an overdrive ratio on 4th gear. Open propeller shaft and underhung worm-driven axle, hypoid bevel from June 1950.
Dimensions
Wheelbase	114 in (2,900 mm)[2]
Length	180 in (4,600 mm) (2½-litre)[3] 180 in (4,600 mm) (Consort)[2]
Width	65 in (1,700 mm)[3]
Height	63 in (1,600 mm) [3]
Chronology
Predecessor	Daimler New Fifteen
Successor	Daimler Conquest whole new smaller vehicle Daimler Regency same 9' 6" wheelbase, 3-litre engine

The Daimler DB18 is an automobile produced by Daimler from 1939 until 1953. It is a 2½-litre version of the preceding 2.2-litre New Fifteen introduced in 1937. From 1949, the DB18 was revised to become the Daimler Consort.

Using the engine developed for the Daimler Scout Car,^[4] it was offered to customers from 1939 as a six-cylinder chassis on which Daimler and various British coach builders offered a range of bodies including drop-head coupes.^[3]