A successor to the Daimler DS420 limousine?


A successor to the Daimler DS420?

As early as 1985 the Autocar magazine (June 19, 1985) published a speculative article (shown right) about a possible face-lift of the DS420 body.

Various photographs have -much later- been presented as "design studies" for a possible successor to the Daimler DS420 limousine. These pictures were presented exactly as such: design studies, no more, no less. Jaguar Cars Ltd. does not comment in any official way on an actual successor to the DS420.

The picture to the left appeared in "Sovereign", the official international magazine of Jaguar Cars, issue 25 (Q1-1999). The text with the picture was:

A styling concept for a new Daimler, developed by Jaguar Cars designer Mark Phillips, has been unveiled. Inspired by the Daimler Majestic Major and DS420 limousines, the Millennium model was created using state-of-the-art digital technology.
The concept car was designed for Mark's final year project leading to a BA (Hons) degree in Transport Design at Coventry University. The course is seen by Jaguar's director of Styling, Geoff Lawson, as a vehicle to allow Mark to experiment with a new design process and develop his own product ideas.
"Although the company has no immediate plans to reintroduce a bespoke limousine, given the company's tremendous growth at the moment, anything is possible," commented Lawson.

The same model was shown in the Jaguar Monthly and in The Driving Member magazines:

The second design comes from the Coventry University Transport Design - Degree Show 2003. Note that it is not the same model as shown above!

This illustration came with the following caption:

Also exhibited was a 40% scale see-through display model of an advanced Daimler limousine by Alex Chan and Stefano Canale. The model was developed by the pair while on placement last summer with Jaguar and will be displayed within the companys design reception area in future.

The picture to the right is from Neil Bottrill, free lance designer in Manchester. Click on the image to see his eight page DS420 successor portfolio.

Still another successor to the DS420 was proposed by Lea Francis Cars: click here to view.

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