>Date:    Sat, 29 Jan 2000 09:01:12 -0800
>From:    Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
>Subject: Re: Alpine/F
>
>mmm, wasn't the Sunbeam was part of the Rootes group (along with Singer >and
>Hillman - Dave Clark where are you?) and was aquired by C******r in the
>60's/70's?
>
Yes, originally Sunbeam was an independent make. Sunbeam was the first
British car to win a Grand-Prix race. Sunbeam was the first production
car to have a double over-head cam engine (in 1925). Then it merged to
become Sunbeam-Talbot. Then it came under Rootes Group. One of the best
cars I ever owned was a Suinbeam Stiletto, a sporty version of the
Hillmann Imp.