The 1954 Conquest Century model had an alloy head with larger valves, higher compression, high lift cams, and twin SU carburettors.

While the Fourteen had been coachbuilt of steel on a timber frame, the Leda had an all-steel body, on which the Conquest's was based.

Presented as a new car, the 75 hp (56 kW) Conquest originated in the 1950 Fourteen or Leda, produced by Daimler's subsidiary, Lanchester.

The usual Daimler large cruciform chassis had a double wishbone front suspension, with laminated torsion bars, telescopic dampers, and an anti-roll bar, while the rear suspension used leaf springs with telescopic dampers.

All cars featured automatic chassis lubrication to 21 points, using a pump controlled by exhaust heat at startup.

[citation needed] Cam and peg steering was used, and Girling hydro-mechanical brakes: hydraulic front, mechanical rear.

[2] The Conquest saloon was released to the public in 1953 as a replacement for the Daimler Consort, but was shorter and lighter, with better performance.

This Mark II Conquest Roadster drophead coupé had a sideways-facing single rear seat, making the car a 2- or 3-seater and with wind-up side windows in place of the clip-on side-curtains of the continuing Mark II open 2-seater Conquest Roadster.

In October 1956,[13] Conquest Century buyers were offered the choice of an automatic transmission or the traditional preselector system.

Currency restrictions had meant that until Borg-Warner built a British plant, automatic transmissions were only available on export cars.

The price of the Conquest was reduced in April 1956 by 12%[14] and again in September 1956 by between 7% and 16%: The Suez Crisis in the summer of 1956 had brought Europe petrol rationing which began France on 29 November and two weeks later in Britain.

In Britain the restriction lasted until mid May 1957 bringing, amongst other economic dislocation, short time working to the British motor industry.

The 250, using a 2,548 cc (155.5 cu in) proprietary V8 in a Jaguar Mark 2 body shell, proved the best selling Daimler motor car ever, with more than 17,000 sold between 1962 and 1969.

In the chairman's speech to the November 1958 shareholders' AGM he advised the only cars made in the year ended 31 July 1958 were the 3½ and 4½ litre models Useful for disambiguation