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I re-hashed the following from 63.159.194.142

One of the confusing things about the modern car industry is that the corporate name "Daimler" is attached to Chrysler, while Ford, which owns Jaguar, has the right to call a car "Daimler". Perhaps it's time to bury the name entirely, with Jaguar to come up with some suitably meaningless initials to denote a top model, and DaimlerChrysler to become simply "Chrysler".

Does anyone know if Jaguar (Ford) are still using "Daimler"?

Yes, it is mentioned quite a bit on their web site.--SFoskett 02:27, Aug 9, 2004 (UTC)

Also - History of German daimler anyone? - British bus info? The logo's the same as the Jaguars, but I know no more. Andy G 19:38, 4 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Dear Wikipedians,

I will mark this page as an {auto-stub} because it does not help avoid confusion. Except their inception, there is nothing in common between German Daimler company, founded by Gottlieb Daimler in 1890 (sometimes called Canstatt-Daimler) and the British Daimler company (founded by British importer of German cars, H. J. Lawson of Coventry in 1896 using Daimler's name by permission of the German firm). First British Daimler cars were based on the contemporary French Panhard and were not influenced by the German Daimler firm which made the immortal Mercedes. By the way, German Daimler stopped manufacturing cars in 1902. Afterwards, Austro-Daimler of Austria was run by Gottlieb Daimler's son, Paul. So, the further histories of the German, Austrian and British Daimler firms are not connected at all. I propose to make a "diasmbiguation page to reveal what I have told before. What do you think?

--Millisits 15:17, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Go ahead but don't destroy any information (unless you can show it's false) Andy G 17:52, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Additions/revisions to the Daimler article

I have made a number of additions and corrections to the Daimler page. I have solely been preoccupied by the British version of Daimler.

Indeed, in North America Daimler and Daimler-Chrysler are equated by 99.9% of people as being one and the same.

I had to go through detailed and repeated explanations on how these were unrelated Marques to every single individual I dealt with at U-Haul (to rent a trailer to transport a Daimler), my insurer, both US and Canadian Customs, the DMV,... and whenever I drive around in my classic Daimler, people keep asking what it is and when I answer "Daimler", I have to go through the same explanation all over again...

JPE July 5, 2005

Just made a minor correction to the Daimler page. It stated that the Queen Mother's funeral was with a Daimler DS420 hearse. It was a Daimler indeed, but not a DS420. I am certain about this because I am a DS420 freak (I run the Daimler DS420 site) and watched the funeral on TV (April 9, 2002) especially to see this. B.t.w.: the same was true for Princess Margaret (Feb 15, 2002).

hjt@ATComputing.nl August 17, 2005

[edit] Daimler Corsica

Shouldn't the part of the Jaguar XJ page about the Daimler Corsica be included in this Daimler page instead ? Hektor 05:19, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Body electric

I've heard Daimler in 1946 introduced the first electric side windows in cars--except, I can't find which Daimler. Anybody know? Trekphiler 10:58, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More trivia/content

I own a Daimler SP250 that was used on TV, so briefly updated the page with details of the car on the 'In The Media' section. Will also place up a photo to prove claim etc - but new to this and just going to check out how to upload the scanned photo. Polko2 13:49, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Incorrect?

I believe this is incorrect: "This is not to mention that the Queen's own car for personal use is a 2002 Daimler V8 Supercharged (based on the MkII XJ)." In fact, the Queen has a fleet of Bentleys, Rolls-Royces and Daimlers. She seems to use one of her two custom made Bentleys the most, which were presented to her to mark her Golden Jubilee in 2002. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mr. Bridger (talk • contribs) 17:04, 25 April 2007 (UTC).