Chrysler Hemicuda - 1975 (It was a Chrysler because the Plymouth brand wasn't used in Europe)
Chrysler Hemicuda - 1975 (It was a Chrysler because the Plymouth brand wasn't used in Europe)
Sunbeam Tiger - 1964
Sunbeam 3 litre Super Sports - 1925 - finished second.
Now the Sunbeam Alpine had a reputation back in the day similar to the MX-5/Miata's today. This really came about because when it was launched it was fitted with a few mod-cons missing from the MG/Triumph competition. But MG and Triumph soon followed Sunbeam's lead.
Packard Hawk and Sunbeam Rapier
And Simca. And the Rootes Group.
Sunbeam 1.0 LS
Sunbeam Alpine
You don't want this one pulling up outside.
You're kidding, right? The Australian Touring Car Championship was a fantastic series until it was killed off in the 1990s to make way for V8 Supercars. The day the ATCC died was a dark day for Australian motorsport as far as I, and many other Aussies, are concerned - turning a series open to all comers into a two…
Daimler Conquest (wish I could find a better photo)
Humber Super Snipe
Stolen from the Talbot Sunbeam facebook page, but nobody seems to know much about it. It's possible that it owed a fair bit to (Rootes Group rally team boss) Des O'Dell's sense of humour.
Talbot/Sunbeam had one too.
No, not in any way. You're thinking of the French Talbot Simca Horizon. The British Talbot Sunbeam was an update of the Hillman Avenger/Plymouth Cricket and was rear wheel drive.
The giant-killing Hillman Imp.
The Hillman Hunter, which debuted in 1966, is still in production in Iran as the IKCO Paykan Bardo pickup. IKCO also build the Peugeot Roa which uses a Peugeot 405 shell mated with rear wheel drive Hillman running gear.
The police Daimler SP250 duckfaces at your TR4.
I see your TR4 and raise you a Sunbeam Tiger police car.