It was fitted with a 4,561 cc V8 engine and was offered as a much more powerful supplement to their then current Daimler Majestic.

A substantially lengthened limousine version of the same chassis and bodyshell, the Daimler DR450, was available from 1961 until the V8 engine ended production.

Both cars used the same chassis and bodyshell, the Major having an extended boot as well as the new engine which was lighter and much more powerful.

External differences from the Majestic included a D motif on top of the bonnet, cast-in V symbols on the ventilation air intakes, six inches added to the length of the car which gave it a longer boot and longer bumper returns, and twin exhaust pipes.

[citation needed] The chassis of Majestic Major was an evolution of the design introduced in 1937 with the Daimler New Fifteen.

[9] As with the New Fifteen and several derivatives in between,[note 1] the Majestic Major had a cruciform-braced box-section frame with conventional coil-sprung independent front suspension and a live rear axle on semi-elliptic leaf springs.

[12] In the spring of 1963 The Times' Motoring Correspondent tested the Daimler and found its top speed to be 123 mph.