The Suez Crisis fuel shortage helped kill Daimler's Conquest, a car already squeezed by rising prices.
Lead trim: Conquest Century 2.4 L straight-six (100 bhp)
Daimler ConquestConquest · 1953–1958
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FactThe Suez Crisis fuel shortage helped kill Daimler's Conquest, a car already squeezed by rising prices.
The Daimler Conquest, built in Coventry from 1953 to 1958 as the replacement for the Daimler Consort (based on the Lanchester Fourteen), was offered as a 4-door saloon, 2-door drophead coupe or 2-door roadster; sales were hurt by rising prices and the fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis. The base Conquest's 2,433 cc straight-six made 75 bhp with a cast-iron head and single Zenith carburettor; the sportier Conquest Century (also called the Daimler Century) used an aluminium-alloy head and twin SU carburettors for 100 bhp, through a preselector gearbox with fluid flywheel (an optional Borg-Warner automatic followed from 1956). Wheelbase 104 in (2,642 mm), length 177 in (4,496 mm), width 65.5 in (1,664 mm), height 65 in (1,651 mm), kerb weight 1,397 kg (3,080 lb).
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conquest Century 2.4 L straight-six (100 bhp) | 1953–1958 | 2.4 L Inline-6 | 100 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
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