Rare Rides Icons: Daimler's Flagship Cars and the DS420 Limousine, Elder Statesman

Welcome to Rare Rides Icons, a spinoff of Rare Rides where we take a more in-depth look at those particularly interesting cars throughout history. Today’s large and luxurious Icon is the first time we present a Daimler in this series. The DS420 was the flagship of the brand; a car for heads of state. And in fact over 50 years after its introduction, it’s still in use as an official state limousine in several nations.

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  • CmorScagnetti Nissan makes decent products. Nothing class leading but get the job done stuff
  • Art Vandelay Long line precision placement. I used to watch contract birds drop containers on the mark in this manner because a convention sling load would bring the bird too close to the ground and the rotor wash would blow the FOB away. Took skill. It was mostly pilots that had worked for logging companies I always heard
  • Kevin I charge almost exclusively at home with a Level 2 charger. On rare occasions I use a Level 3 charging station, but mostly just to top up a bit on a longer trip over 150mi. For true long range trips we use my wife's Pilot instead.
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