Marques
The Coventry Daimler — not the Stuttgart one — built British wheeled armour for thirty years: the Dingo scout car of 1939–45, 6,626 of them, with a preselector gearbox, a fluid flywheel and, on the first mark, four-wheel steering; the parallel 2-pounder Armoured Car, 2,694; and the Ferret of 1952–71, 4,409 in sixteen sub-models, whose H-drive and independent suspension kept it in service around the world into the 2000s.
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All 3 Daimler marques by years in production, 1948 → today
6,626 built between 1939 and 1945: 2.8 long tons on a 1.98 m wheelbase, a rear-mounted 2.5-litre Daimler six of 55 hp through a fluid flywheel and a preselector gearbox with five speeds in both directions, independent coil suspension, 30 mm of frontal armour, two crew, 55 mph and 200 miles.
The Dingo’s bigger parallel: 2,694 built, 7.85 tonnes in battle order, a 4.1-litre Daimler 27 six of 102 hp, a Tetrarch-pattern turret with a 2-pounder and a coaxial Besa, three crew, 50 mph and 200 miles.
4,409 built between 1952 and 1971 in sixteen sub-models: 3.7 tonnes on a 2.29 m wheelbase, a 130 hp Rolls-Royce B60 six, H-form drive with a central differential and parallel shafts to keep the hull low, two crew, 58 mph and 190 miles.
