Daimler SP 250

About the Daimler SP 250

The Daimler SP250 is a sports car which was built by British manufacturer Daimler in Coventry from 1959 to 1964.

The SP250 was originally known as the Daimler Dart, but Daimler soon dropped the Dart name when threatened with legal action by Chrysler’s Dodge division, and the car was then renamed the Daimler SP250.

It was launched at the 1959 New York Motor Show, and its greatest success was in the North American market. It had a fibreglass body, four-wheel Girling disc brakes, and a 2.5-litre Hemi-head V8 engine designed by Edward Turner. The car was described as a 2+2, but the bench-like rear seat offered very limited leg-room unless the front seats were pushed fully forward. Thirty black Daimler Darts with the Borg-Warner Model 8 3-speed automatic were used by the British Metropolitan Police.

Transmission : four speed manual, rear wheel drive
Steering : cam and lever
Suspension : Front independent, wishbones, coil spring, telescopic dampers, Rear : live axle, semi elliptic leaf springs, lever arm dampers.
Brakes : discs front and rear.