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Sunbeam was an automobile manufacturer from 1899. The company was the first British maker to win a Grand Prix race, and set a number of land speed records. Sunbeam was combined with the French Talbot-Darracq to form Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq in 1920, and was purchased by the Rootes Group in 1935. Rootes did not use the Sunbeam name until the 1935 launch of the new Sunbeam-Talbot marque. These cars were rebadged Hillman and Humber models with unique body work. The Talbot name was dropped in 1954 for the Sunbeam AlpineThe Alpine was a small sporty coupe from Rootes' Sunbeam marque. It was launched in 1954 as the first vehicle to bear the Sunbeam name alone since the 1920 merger of Sunbeam, Talbot, and Darracq. The Alpine was derived from the previous Sunbeam-Talbot 90. sports carHonda NSX sports car TVR Tuscan sports car A sports car is a car designed for sporting performance above utility. While opinions differ as to the exact definition, most sports cars have two seats and two doors, and are designed to excel at a combination o and later Rapier and Alpine-derived TigerThe Tiger was a muscle car version of the Sunbeam Alpine roadster. Inspired by the Shelby Cobra, Sunbeam asked Carroll Shelby to fit a larger engine into the Alpine. Like the Cobra, Shelby chose Ford's 164 hp 260 in³ Windsor V8. Sunbeam farmed production. It was sometimes used in place of its sister Hillman marque in Europe.The last Sunbeam was the 19761976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 12 UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is s Rapier, when Chrysler, who had purchased Rootes, disbanded the marque. A subcompact hatchback, the Chrysler Sunbeam, resurrected the name from 1978Events January January 1 The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. January 1 Air India's Boeing 747 explodes near Bombay 213 dead. January 4 Referendum in Chile supports policies of Augusto Pinochet. to the early 1980s.
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