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The Hillman Imp is a small economy car that was made by the Rootes Group and its successor Chrysler Europe from 1963 until 1976. Revealed on 3 May 1963, [6] after much advance publicity, it was the first British mass-produced car with the engine block and cylinder head cast in aluminium.
George Bevan Sunbeam Imp A: BRH Ret: SNE 13: THR 17: SIL 11: CRY 3† SIL 15: SIL 16: CRO 9: BRH 23: OUL 19: BRH 19: BRH: 1st 72 1st 1971: George Bevan Sunbeam Imp A: BRH 11: OUL 2: THR Ret: SIL 15: CRY 2† SIL Ret: CRO 9: SIL 14: OUL 10: BRH 10: MAL 7† BRH 13: 1st 81 1st 1972: George Bevan Sunbeam Imp A: BRH 7: OUL 12: THR 9: SIL 16: CRY 5 ...
Pictured in 2017, Bill McGovern's Hillman/Sunbeam Imp, the winner of the 1972 British Saloon Car Championship. The 1972 RAC Wiggins Teape Paperchase British Saloon Car Championship was the 15th season of the championship. Bill McGovern became the first driver to win three BTCC titles, making it three back-to-back titles with his Sunbeam Imp. [1 ...
The Chrysler Sunbeam is a small supermini three-door hatchback manufactured by Chrysler Europe at the former Rootes Group factory in Linwood in Scotland, from 1977 to 1981. The Sunbeam's development was funded by a UK Government grant with the aim of keeping the Linwood plant running, and the small car was based on the larger Hillman Avenger, also manufactured there.
Pictured in 2017, Bill McGovern's Hillman/Sunbeam Imp, the winner of the 1970 British Saloon Car Championship. The 1970 RAC British Saloon Car Championship, was the 13th season of the series. This year saw the introduction of the new Group 2 regulations. [1] Bill McGovern won his first title, driving a Sunbeam Imp. [2] [3]
A tenant, Sunbeam studios, is named after the Sunbeam-Talbot car briefly produced there from 1938 to 1939 and 1945 to 1946. In the housing area there are short links one named Humber Drive and a Hillman Drive each side of a small park and there is a Sunbeam Crescent.
The sportiest Sunbeam was the Rapier H120 model, though this shared its specially tuned Holbay engine with the Hillman Hunter GLS. Sunbeam Arrow, Sunbeam Break de Chasse, Sunbeam Hunter, Sunbeam Minx, Sunbeam Sceptre and Sunbeam Vogue were used for export markets where the Sunbeam name was more familiar or deemed more likely to succeed.
Pages in category "Sunbeam vehicles" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. ... Hillman Imp; I. Sunbeam Imp; M. Sunbeam Minx; Sunbeam Mk III; R.