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Pages in category "Sunbeam vehicles" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. Sunbeam 3-litre;
The Sunbeam 3-litre is a 26 long cwt (2,912 lb; 1,321 kg) [1] sports car introduced by Sunbeam in October 1925 [3] at the London Motor Show, [2] and was offered from 1926 until 1930. It was seen at the time and subsequently as the retort of Louis Hervé Coatalen , Sunbeam's energetic chief engineer, to the Bentley 3 Litre which by then was ...
A Hillman Avenger-derived hatchback, the Chrysler Sunbeam, maintained the Sunbeam name, as a model rather than a marque, from 1977. Following the takeover of Chrysler Europe by PSA Group, the model was branded as the Talbot Sunbeam from 1979 through to its discontinuation in 1981. The Sunbeam name has not been used on a production car since then.
In 1921 three light cars were constructed at the S.T.D. Suresnes Works for the 1,500 Voiturettes class. These were in effect a smaller version of the Sunbeam 3-litre Grand Prix cars – their near identical engines built around one of the two blocks used by the G.P. cars with similar though shorter chassis.
Known as the Sunbeam Sikh it had a Sunbeam 6-cylinder 7.98-litre engine developing 142 brake horse power in a chassis designed for a double-deck body carrying 60 to 70 passengers. A smaller 2-axle model Pathan appeared in August 1929 fitted with a 6.6-litre engine developing 110 bhp capable of carrying a 26-seater single deck or luxury coach body.
The 1922 Grand Prix Sunbeam Team in Strasbourg (Mathieson-Taylor Archive) Sunbeam Works Racing cars participated in the 1922 XVI Grand Prix de l'A.C.F. in Strasbourg.The race took place on 15 July 1922 and was run to a formula stipulating that maximum engine capacity should not exceed 2 litres and that the cars should be two-seaters weighing not less than 650 kg.
Many John Marston Sunbeam motorcycle models were produced. The first was a 350 cc in 1912 followed by a range of 500 cc singles and some v-twins. In 1924, a new model numbering system was introduced; Sunbeam Models 1 through 11. Other higher-numbered models were produced in later years.
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.