Daimler New Fifteen

Daimler Fifteen DB /17 DB /18
6-light saloon
Overview
ManufacturerThe Daimler Company Limited
Also calledDaimler New Fifteen
Production1937 - 1940. Approx 2850 made.[1]
Body and chassis
ClassExecutive car (E)
Body stylefour-door “six-light” saloon £485
four-door “four-light" sports saloon also £485
others as arranged with coachbuilder by customer [2]
RelatedLanchester Roadrider
Powertrain
Engine2,166 cc (132.2 cu in) 6-cylinder in-line ohv (at launch)
2,522 cc 6-cylinder in-line ohv (from late 1938)[2]
Transmission4-speed preselective self-changing gearbox and Fluid Flywheel[3] an open propeller shaft and underhung worm-driven axle
Dimensions
Wheelbase114 in (2,900 mm)[2]
Track 52 in (1,300 mm)[2]
Length180 in (4,600 mm)[2]
Width65 in (1,700 mm)[2]
Kerb weight30.5 cwt
Chronology
PredecessorDaimler Fifteen
SuccessorDaimler Eighteen
Daimler Fifteen 2.2-litre engine
Overview
ManufacturerThe Daimler Company
ProductionAugust 1936 - September 1938
Layout
Configuration6-cylinder in-line
Displacement2,166 cubic centimetres (132 cu in)[4]
Cylinder bore66 mm (2.6 in)[4]
Piston stroke105.4 mm (4.15 in)[4]
Cylinder block materialcast iron
ValvetrainOHV pushrod cam-in-block
Compression ratio6.5:1
Combustion
Fuel systemcarburettor
Fuel typepetrol
Cooling systemwater-cooled
Output
Power output56 bhp (42 kW; 57 PS) @ 3600 rpm.
Tax rating 16.2 hp
Chronology
PredecessorDaimler Fifteen 2.0-litre
SuccessorDaimler Fifteen 2½-litre
Daimler Fifteen 2½-litre engine
Overview
ManufacturerThe Daimler Company
ProductionSeptember 1938 -
Layout
Configuration6-cylinder in-line
Displacement2,522 cubic centimetres (154 cu in)[4]
Cylinder bore69.9 mm (2.75 in)[4]
Piston stroke110.49 mm (4.350 in)[4]
Cylinder block materialcast iron
ValvetrainOHV pushrod cam-in-block
Combustion
Fuel systemcarburettor
Fuel typepetrol
Cooling systemwater-cooled
Output
Power output66 bhp (49 kW; 67 PS) @ 4000 rpm.
Tax rating 18.02 hp
Chronology
PredecessorDaimler Fifteen 2.2-litre
SuccessorDaimler Eighteen 2½-litre

The Daimler New Fifteen was a large saloon/sedan car at the low end of the Daimler's range produced between 1937 and 1940. It had a tax rating of 16.2 hp.[5] In September 1938 it was given a larger engine with the tax rating of 17.9 hp though it retained the name Fifteen.[6] When production resumed in 1946 it was given a revised cylinder head, given chrome channel frames for the side windows, stripped of its running-boards, and renamed Daimler Eighteen.

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  4. ^ a b c d e f Smith 1972, p. 109.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference RACHP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "The Daimler Company Ltd". The Times. No. 48105. London. 21 September 1938. p. 6.