Sunbeam Alpine 5

About the Sunbeam Alpine 5

The Sunbeam Alpine is a two-seat open car produced by Sunbeam from 1953 to 1955, and then 1959 to 1968. The name was then used on a two-door fastback from 1969 to 1975. The original Alpine was launched in 1953 as the first vehicle from Sunbeam-Talbot to bear the Sunbeam name alone since the 1935 takeover of Sunbeam and Talbot by the Rootes Group.

The final version had a new five-bearing 1,725 cc (105.3 cu in) engine with twin Zenith-Stromberg semi-downdraught carburettors producing 93 bhp.There was no longer an automatic transmission option. 19,122 were made.In some export markets, 100 PS (99 bhp) SAE were claimed.