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Sunbeam motor car manufacture began in 1901. The motor business was sold to a newly incorporated Sunbeam Motor Car Company Limited in 1905 to separate it from Marston's pedal bicycle business; Sunbeam motorcycles were not made until 1912. In-house designer Louis Coatalen had an enthusiasm for motor racing and accumulated expertise with engines.
The Sunbeam 1000 HP was the first non-American car to run on Daytona Beach for a land speed record attempt. On 29 March 1927, Henry Segrave drove the car to a new land speed record of 203.79 miles per hour (327.97 km/h), the first car to reach a speed over 200 mph (320 km/h).
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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 ...
Spring 1926 saw Segrave on the wide, flat beach at Southport. On 16 March 1926, with little fuss and few spectators, he and the bright-red car now named Ladybird set a new land speed record at 152.33 mph (245.15 km/h). The Sunbeam was the smallest capacity internal combustion-engined car ever to hold the Land Speed Record.
The Sunbeam Silver Bullet was a world land speed record challenging automobile built by Sunbeam of Wolverhampton for Kaye Don in 1929.. Powered by two supercharged engines of 24 litres each, it looked impressive but failed to achieve any records, [2] [3] and was the manufacturer’s last attempt at the record.
Girls Gone Wild: The Untold Story offers a behind-the-scenes look at the multi-million dollar franchise created by notorious film producer Joe Francis, in which young women were filmed exposing ...
Sunbeam aircraft engines (14 P) V. Sunbeam vehicles (1 C, 25 P) Pages in category "Sunbeam Motor Car Company" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.