Sunbeam was a marque used by John Marston Co. Ltd of Wolverhampton, England. The company made bicycles, motorcycles, and cars from the late 18th century to ca. 1936, and applied the marque to all three forms of transportation. A Sunbeam was the first British car 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 Alpinesports car and later Rapier and Alpine-derived Tiger. It was sometimes used in place of its sister Hillman marque in Europe. A marque (French for brand and pronounced as mark) is a brand name, most commonly used for automobile brands. ... Wolverhampton is an industrial, commercial and university city and metropolitan borough in the English West Midlands, traditionally part of the county of Staffordshire. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Georges Boillot winning the 1912 French Grand Prix in Dieppe, France Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organized automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. ... Land Speed Records 1898-2002 The information below is for self-propelled wheeled vehicles travelling over open ground. ... Talbot is an automobile brand, whose history is one of the industrys most complex. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... The Rootes Group is a now-defunct British automobile manufacturer. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Badge engineering is a term that describes the rebadging of one model of car as another. ... Categories: Automobile stubs | Rootes | Hillman ... Humber was an automobile marque used in the United Kingdom by the Rootes Group. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Alpine was a small sporty coupe from Rootes Sunbeam marque. ... Honda NSX sports car TVR Tuscan sports car New style 2005 Ford Mustang Ruf RGT A sports car is type of automobile designed for sporting performance. ... The Hillman Hunter was a sedan automobile produced by the Rootes Group (later Chrysler Europe) from 1966 to 1979. ... The Tiger was a muscle car version of the Sunbeam Alpine roadster. ...
The last Sunbeam was the 1976 Rapier, when Chrysler, who had purchased Rootes, disbanded the marque. A subcompact hatchback, the Chrysler Sunbeam, resurrected the name from 1978 to the early 1980s. 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Chrysler Corporation is a United States-based automobile manufacturer, since 1998 merged with Daimler_Benz into DaimlerChrysler. ... The Hillman Avenger is a sub-compact car manufactured by the Rootes Group, and latterly Chrysler Europe. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...
Sunbeam's first car, built in 1899, was powered by a single cylinder 5 h.p.
The car was in action during the 2001 Star rally, which was held at the museum.
Initially Sunbeam purchased the complete car minus the body and slowly purchased less and less of the car until only the engine, gearbox and sub-frame were imported.
Sunbeamcars powered by more conventional (for the time) side-valve engines featured prominently in the 1911 Coupe de l'Auto race, and improved versions won first, second and third the next year.
Sunbeam Alpine Series IV In 1959 a totally new Alpine was introduced, and the 1955 Rapier (essentially a badge-engineeredHillman Minx) was upgraded.
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