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The Sunbeam Alpine is a two-seater sports roadster/drophead coupé that was produced by the Rootes Group from 1953 to 1955, and then 1959 to 1968. The name was then used on a two-door fastback coupé from 1969 to 1975.
Grace Kelly's character drives a metallic blue 1953 Sunbeam Alpine Mk I in To Catch a Thief (1955). Elizabeth Taylor's character drives a red Series I Sunbeam Alpine in BUtterfield 8 (1960). [31] James Bond drives a lake blue Series II Sunbeam Alpine in Dr. No (1962). [31] Michael Caine's character drives a Sunbeam Alpine in Gambit (1966).
The traditional Sunbeam grille, already stylised for the Series II, was further modified to give a lower, more square shape with a pronounced convex profile. New headlamp rims were fitted, in fact Sunbeam Alpine items but chromed for the Rapier, and a new front bumper using the same shape and profile as the rest of the Light Car range. At the ...
Her first major success was the Ladies' Prize in the 1952 Motor Cycling Club rally driving a Sunbeam Talbot. The 1953 Monte Carlo rally was marred by punctures, but she entered the record books with a class speed record for 2–3-litre cars, driving the prototype Sunbeam Alpine sports car at an average of 120 mph (190 km/h) at Jabbeke in Belgium.
A Sunbeam Mk III was outright winner of the 1955 Monte Carlo Rally. In the Alpine Rally, Stirling Moss won a 'Coupe d'Or' (Gold cup) for three consecutive penalty-free runs in 1952, 1953 and 1954. The first in a Sunbeam-Talbot 90 Mk II and the latter two in the Sunbeam Alpine derivative. The Sunbeam-Talbot team of Mk IIs won the team prize in 1952.
The floor pan of this model was later to form the basis for the Sunbeam Alpine, Sunbeam also being part of the Rootes empire. A complete departure in 1963 was the Hillman Imp using a Coventry Climax derived all alloy, 875 cc rear engine and built in a brand new factory in Linwood, Scotland. The location was chosen under government influence to ...
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The Mark VI to Mark VIII was produced in Japan by Isuzu between 1953 and 1956, as the Isuzu Hillman Minx, [15] [16] prior to their 1961 introduction of the Bellel. [ 8 ] A 2-door coupé utility variant of the Minx Mark VIII was produced by Rootes Australia as the Hillman de luxe Utility , circa 1956.
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