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Rootes also entered the Tiger in European rallies with some success, and for two years it was the American Hot Rod Association's national record holder over a quarter-mile drag strip. Production ended in 1967 soon after the Rootes Group was taken over by Chrysler, which did not have a suitable engine to replace the Ford V8. Owing to the ease ...
1.12 Sunbeam Tiger. ... The Rootes Group was a British automobile manufacturer and, ... On 1 May 1967 Lord Rootes appointed Gilbert Hunt, ...
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The Sunbeam Alpine is a two-seater sports roadster/drophead coupé that was produced by the Rootes Group from 1953 to 1955, and then 1959 to 1968. The name was then used on a two-door fastback coupé from 1969 to 1975.
The Tiger was dropped in 1967 after an abortive attempt to fit it with a Chrysler engine, and the Hillman Imp–derived Stiletto disappeared in 1972. The last Sunbeam produced was the "Rootes Arrow" series Alpine/Rapier fastback (1967–76), after which Chrysler, who had purchased Rootes, disbanded the
The Rootes Group is a now-defunct British automobile manufacturer. Rootes was the parent company of many famous British marques, including Hillman , Humber , Singer , Sunbeam , Commer and Karrier .
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Ten years later, he became the manager of the west coast sales unit for the Rootes Group, in Los Angeles. It was during this time that he discovered that while the Sunbeam Alpine fared well in SCCA events, drivers were begging for more power. He produced two prototypes for what would become the Sunbeam Tiger, with a