DAIMLER · DAIMLER MAJESTIC · Cars
As of 2025 Q4, 142 DAIMLER MAJESTICs remain registered in the UK — a genuinely rare sight on today's roads. That's down from a peak of 144 in 2024 Q1 — only 99% of the high-water mark, a loss of about 2 cars. Numbers have held broadly steady over recent years rather than falling away — often the mark of a model that owners deliberately preserve. In all, the DAIMLER MAJESTIC is rarer than 55% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Rare — fewer than 1,000 remain (142 in the latest data).
Rarer than 55% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
The Daimler Majestic DF316/7 and DF318/9 luxury saloon was launched by the Daimler Company of Coventry in July 1958 and was in production until 1962. Edward Turner had been appointed Chief Executive of BSA Automotive in 1957 and promised new products, this car was to carry his new V8 engine still under development. The six-cylinder, four-door saloon, with new three-speed Borg Warner automatic transmission, power steering and vacuum-servo assisted four-wheel disc brakes was mechanically up-to-date for its time, but it had a heavy coachbuilt body of outdated construction on a separate chassis which...
As of 2025 Q4, 142 DAIMLER MAJESTIC were still registered in the UK — 97 licensed and on the road, plus 45 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The DAIMLER MAJESTIC is rare — fewer than 1,000 remain (142), making it rarer than 55% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Over the last year the number of DAIMLER MAJESTIC on UK roads held steady.
Most DAIMLER MAJESTIC run on petrol — about 99% of those still registered, with the rest split across gas (lpg).
The DAIMLER MAJESTIC peaked at 144 registered in 2024 Q1, and was first recorded in the data in 2014 Q3.