Description Just five owners from new; has been earning a good living as a wedding car during the current 10-year ownership; very smart interior; only for sale because the owner is winding down his business; driven 60 miles to the sale The most recognisable limousine of all time, the Daimler DS420 first appeared in 1968 and remained in production substantially unaltered for nearly 25 years.

No royal wedding or state procession would be complete without a long line of these stately cars quietly wafting along.

Hand-built by Vanden Plas and sat on a modified Jaguar 420G floorpan, the DS420 featured the Jag's legendary XK 4.2 litre, twin cam six-cylinder engine with automatic transmission, independent suspension and power steering.

Production lasted until 1992 and many of the 4,116 examples made were exported to embassies and royal households abroad.

These days they are much favoured for wedding and funeral work where the sheer grandeur of the limo and the eight-seater capacity proves ...