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A metallic blue 1953 Sunbeam Alpine Mk I is driven by Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief (1955) with Cary Grant. A Sunbeam Alpine Mk III is driven by Peggy Cummins in the film Night of the Demon (1957). A red Series I Alpine is driven by Elizabeth Taylor in the film Butterfield 8 (1960) and features in a number of scenes.
The Sunbeam Tiger was a development of the Sunbeam Alpine series I, introduced by the British manufacturer Rootes in 1959. [3] Rootes realised that the Alpine needed more power if it was to compete successfully in world markets, but lacked a suitable engine and the resources to develop one.
Circa 1969 Sunbeam Vogue 1974 Sunbeam Rapier fastback coupé in "Grasshopper" green. The single-carburettor Sunbeam Alpine and twin-carburettor Sunbeam Rapier were only sold as fastback coupés, and were marketed with a strong sporting image – although it was eventually the Hillman Hunter which was used in long-distance rallying. The ...
Automobiles Alpine: Bernard Boyer Guy Verrier Alpine A110 M63 Renault-Gordini 996cc S4 227 conrod (23hr) DNF GT 1.6 32 Sunbeam Talbot: Keith Ballisat Jack Lewis: Sunbeam Alpine: Sunbeam 1592cc S4 200 engine (19hr) DNF GT 1.3 38 Team Elite Frank Gardner John Coundley Lotus Elite Mk14 Coventry Climax 1216cc S4 167 engine (16hr) DNF GT 1.6 34 ...
In Great Britain, it was sold simply as the Renault GTA, [5] as Sunbeam (and then Chrysler/Talbot) had been using the "Alpine" badge since the 1950s. 1988 Renault GTA Turbo (UK) Rather than being molded in a single piece as for the preceding A310, the new Alpine's body was molded in a large number of small separate panels. [4]
Alpine then took the Michelotti cabriolet design and developed a 2+2 closed coupe (or 'berlinette') body for it: this became the Alpine A108, now featuring the Dauphine Gordini 845 cc engine, which on later models was bored out to give a capacity of 904 cc or (subsequently) 998 cc. [6] The A108 was built between 1958 and 1963.
The Sunbeam Alpine Fastback, introduced in October 1969, was essentially a Rapier with a simplified specification, developed to fill a gap in the Arrow range above the Singer Vogue. It used the same 1,725 cc (105.3 cu in) engine as the Hillman Hunter which, fitted with a single Stromberg 150CD carburettor, developed 74 hp (55 kW) at 5500 rpm.
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). Caine is also rescued by a woman in a white 1968 Alpine roadster in Get Carter (1971). [31] Tuesday Weld's character drives a powder blue 1967 Sunbeam Alpine in Pretty Poison (1968). [31]