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A powder blue 1967 Sunbeam Alpine is driven by Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins in the 1968 film Pretty Poison. In the TV series Heartbeat, the character of Jackie Bradley, portrayed by Fiona Dolman, drives a green hardtop Series V Sunbeam Alpine, with red interior, bearing the original registration plate LVY 666F (1967), in series 9–10. This ...
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]
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.
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.
Dodge Alpine Dodge D series Trucks: Chrysler bought 60% of Colmotores in 1965. Chrysler sold their stake in Colmotores to General Motors in 1979. Plant is still open today as GM Colmotores. France: Poissy Assembly: Poissy: 1958: 1978: inherited Simca range, Chrysler 180, Simca 1307, Simca Horizon: ex Simca, sold to Groupe PSA in 1978 and still ...
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The Chrysler Alpine (sold in France as the Simca 1307/1308) was introduced in 1975, being produced at the former Rootes plant at Ryton as well as the former Simca plant at Poissy, near Paris. The Chrysler Sunbeam a three-door hatchback based on the Avenger floorpan, was introduced in 1977 as successor to the Hillman Imp. Also, Chrysler UK made ...
Sunbeam Rapier/Alpine coupé (1967–76) Sunbeam Alpine roadster (1959–68) Simca 1000 (1961–78) Simca 1000 Coupé/1200S (1962–71) Simca 1100/1200/1204 (1962–82, vans to 1985). Van and pick-up versions were rebadged as Dodges for the British market 1976–79, and all models were badged as Talbots for Britain after 1979. Simca 1301/1501 ...