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HUMBER STNGER HUMBER SINGER HUMBER SINGER HILLMAN SUNBEAM * SINGER ' COMMER KARRIER • HUMBER HILLMAN COMMER KARRIER AN SUNBEAM SINGER COMMER Hi |^RlRPkT3" KA^ 1 ^ * HUMBER HILLMAN ^^^^^^^^^WAN SUNBEAM SINGER COMMER J^SINGER^COTRR H COMMER KARRIER KARRIER HUMBER HILLMAN SUNBEAM KARRIER SUNBEAM KARRIER SUNBEAM HUMBER HILLMAN SUNBEAM SINGER COMMER KARRIER Not f o r r e l e a s e before 13.00 hours July 2 2nd, 1S59 ROOTES GROUP ANNOUNCE A HEW SPORTS CAR THE BRILLIANT lj LITRE SUNBEAM ALPINE An entirely new, fast, well equipped sports car i n t h e l o w e r p r i c e range is announced by the Rootes Group. Powered by a highly efficient 1 -J litre o.h.v. engine, the Sunbeam Alpine offers not only rapid acceleration up t o 1 0 0 miles per hour, but admirable r o a d h o l d i n g and an exceptional degree of comfort. It revives a name already engraved on the world's major rally trophies, and has been developed to meet a growing demand for this type o f c a r throughout the world. FULLY TESTED Hundreds of thousands of miles of road testing under various climatic conditions - in London traffic, on European racing circuits, on high speed Autostradas and i n t h e mountains o f t h e French and Swiss Alps - have already been completed by this new addition t o t h e Sunbeam range. WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE ROOTES GROUP DEVONSHIRE HOUSE PICCADILLY • W.l. Telephone: GROsvenor 3401

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  • HUMBER STNGER HUMBER SINGER HUMBER SINGER

    HILLMAN • SUNBEAM * SINGER ' COMMER • KARRIER • HUMBER • HILLMAN COMMER • KARRIER • AN • SUNBEAM • SINGER • COMMER H i |^RlRPkT3" KA^ 1^ * HUMBER • HILLMAN

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    COMMER • KARRIER KARRIER • HUMBER • HILLMAN

    SUNBEAM KARRIER SUNBEAM KARRIER SUNBEAM

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    R O O T E S GROUP ANNOUNCE A HEW S P O R T S C AR T H E B R I L L I A N T lj L I T R E S U N B E A M A L P I N E

    A n e n t i r e l y n e w , f a s t , w e l l e q u i p p e d s p o r t s c a r i n t h e l o w e r p r i c e r a n g e i s a n n o u n c e d b y t h e R o o t e s G r o u p .

    P o w e r e d b y a h i g h l y e f f i c i e n t 1-J l i t r e o . h . v . e n g i n e , t h e S u n b e a m A l p i n e o f f e r s n o t o n l y r a p i d a c c e l e r a t i o n u p t o 1 0 0 m i l e s p e r h o u r , b u t a d m i r a b l e r o a d h o l d i n g a n d a n e x c e p t i o n a l d e g r e e o f c o m f o r t .

    I t r e v i v e s a n a m e a l r e a d y e n g r a v e d o n t h e w o r l d ' s m a j o r r a l l y t r o p h i e s , a n d h a s b e e n d e v e l o p e d t o m e e t a g r o w i n g d e m a n d f o r t h i s t y p e o f c a r t h r o u g h o u t t h e w o r l d .

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    u n d e r v a r i o u s c l i m a t i c c o n d i t i o n s - i n L o n d o n t r a f f i c , o n E u r o p e a n r a c i n g c i r c u i t s , o n h i g h s p e e d A u t o s t r a d a s a n d i n t h e m o u n t a i n s o f t h e F r e n c h a n d S w i s s A l p s - h a v e a l r e a d y b e e n c o m p l e t e d b y t h i s n e w a d d i t i o n t o t h e S u n b e a m r a n g e .

    WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE ROOTES GROUP • DEVONSHIRE HOUSE • PICCADILLY • W.l. Telephone: GROsvenor 3401

  • A L L - W E A T H E R COMFORT T h e A l p i n e i s b e i n g o f f e r e d i n o p e n o r h a r d t o p

    f o r m . I n e i t h e r c a s e t h e r e i s r o o m b e h i n d t h e f r o n t s e a t s v / h i c h c a n b e u s e d e i t h e r f o r o c c a s i o n a l s e a t i n g o r t o s u p p l e m e n t t h e l u g g a g e s p a c e p r o v i d e d i n t h e b o o t .

    A c o m p l e t e l y c o n c e a l e d f o l d a w a y h o o d a n d w i n d d o w n s i d e w i n d o w s g i v e t h e c a r a l l w e a t h e r c o m f o r t . T h e s t y l i s h d e t a c h a b l e h a r d t o p , w h i c h i s s o l d s e p a r a t e l y , c a n b e e a s i l y r e m o v e d f o r s t o r a g e w h e n n o t r e q u i r e d .

    NEW .POWER U N I T T h e 1 4 9 4 c . c . e n g i n e , v / h i c h d e v e l o p s G 3 . 5 b . h . p .

    a t £,300 r . p . m . , h a s a n a l u m i n i u m c y l i n d e r h e a d g i v i n g e x c e l l e n t c o o l i n g c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s a n d a l l o w i n g t h e u s e o f a h i g h c o m p r e s s i o n r a t i o o f 9 . 2 t o 1 .

    U s e i s a l s o m a d e o f t w i n c a r b u r e t t o r s a n d a s t r e a m l i n e d t w i n e x h a u s t s y s t e m t o e n s u r e h i g h p e r f o r m a n c e w i t h t h e m o s t e f f i c i e n t u s e o f f u e l .

    M a n y c o n p o n e n t s i n t h e n e w p o w e r u n i t a r e a l s o u s e d i n t h e r a l l y - b r e d S u n b e a m R a p i e r e n g i n e s o p r o d u c t i o n c o s t s a r e r e d u c e d , a n d s e r v i c i n g a n d r e p l a c e m e n t p a r t s s u p p l i e s s i m p l i f i e d .

    F L E X I B L E A N D E C O N O M I C A L P E R F O R M A N C E A s h o r t s t i c k f l o o r m o u n t e d g e a r s h i f t h a s b e e n

    f i t t e d t o t h e c l o s e r a t i o f o u r s p e e d g e a r b o x w h i c h e n s u r e s t h e b e s t u s e o f t h e a m p l e p o w e r a v a i l a b l e . W i t h o r w i t h o u t o v e r d r i v e , t h e A l p i n e e n g i n e i s r e m a r k a b l y f l e x i b l e i n t r a f f i c , a n d c o m b i n e s a n e c o n o m i c a l f u e l c o n s u m p t i o n w i t h f a s t a c c e l e r a t i o n t h r o u g h t h e g e a r s .

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    A n e w l y d e s i g n e d L a y c o c k d e N o r m a n v i l l e o v e r d r i v e u n i t o p e r a t i n g o n t h i r d a n d t o p g e a r s a n d g i v i n g a 25% r e d u c t i o n i n e n g i n e s p e e d s i s a v a i l a b l e i f r e q u i r e d .

    D I S C B R A K E S G i r l i n g d i s c b r a k e s h a v e b e e n f i t t e d t o t h e f r o n t

    w h e e l s w h e r e t h e m a j o r s t r a i n o f h e a v y b r a k i n g i s t a k e n . T h e s e a r e s e l f a d j u s t i n g , f a d e f r e e , e a s y t o s e r v i c e , a n d e x t r e m e l y e f f e c t i v e a t h i g h s p e e d s . H i g h e f f i c i e n c y d r u m b r a k e s w i t h a l i n i n g a r e a o f 3 0 s q . i n s . h a v e been f i t t e d a t t h e r e a r .

    E L E G A N T AND E F F I C I E N T F r o m t h e t a p e r i n g b o n n e t t o t h e g r a c e f u l t a i l f i n s ,

    w h i c h h o u s e t h e r e a r l i g h t c l u s t e r s a n d i n d i c a t e t o t h e d r i v e r t h e e x a c t w i d t h o f t h e c a r w h e n r e v e r s i n g , t h e u n i t a r y c o n s t r u c t e d b o d y o f t h e A l p i n e i s a s e l e g a n t a s i t i s t e c h n i c a l l y e f f i c i e n t .

    T h e R o o t e s s t y l i s t s h a v e m a d e u s e o f S u n b e a m ' s l o n g e x p e r i e n c e o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l r a l l i e s i n d e s i g n i n g t h e i n t e r i o r , w h i c h i s p a r t i c u l a r l y s p a c i o u s f o r a c a r o f i t s s i z e a n d c l a s s .

    B o t h f r o n t s e a t s , w h i c h a r e a d j u s t a b l e f o r e a n d a f t a n d t i p f o r w a r d t o a l l o w t h e r e a r c o m p a r t m e n t t o b e e a s i l y r e a c h e d , a r e o f d e e p f o a m r u b b e r a n d p r o v i d e n o t o n l y c o m f o r t o v e r l o n g d i s t a n c e s , b u t a f i r m g r i p d u r i n g f a s t c o r n e r i n g .

    T h e r e i s g e n e r o u s e l b o w a n d l e g r o o m , a n d b e h i n d t h e f r o n t s e a t s t h e r e i s r o o m f o r s m a l l c h i l d r e n o r a d d i t i o n a l l u g g a g e a n d e v e n a d u l t p a s s e n g e r s i f r e q u i r e d .

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    L U X U R I O U S T R I M T h e i n t e r i o r t r i m i s i n t h e l u x u r y c l a s s . S o f t

    c r a s h p a d s r u n a b o v e a n d b e l o w t h e f a c i a p a n e l w h i c h i s e q u i p p e d w i t h s p e e d o m e t e r , r e v c o u n t e r , w a t e r t e m p e r a t u r e , o i l a n d f u e l g a u g e s , i g n i t i o n , m a i n b e a m a n d f l a s h i n g i n d i c a t o r w a r n i n g l i g h t s , a n d t o g g l e t y p e l i g h t s w i t c h e s . ? r o v i s i o n i s a l s o m a d e f o r a n a m m e t e r , c l o c k a n d r a d i o .

    T h e p a d d e d a r m r e s t b e t w e e n t h e f r o n t s e a t s c o n c e a l s a r o o m y l o c k a b l e g l o v e b o x a n d t h e r e i s , i n a d d i t i o n , a c o n v e n i e n t o p e n c u b b y b o x i n t h e f a c i a p a n e l .

    B U I L T - I N V E N T I L A T I O N S Y S T E M A v e n t i l a t i o n s y s t e m , w h i c h c a n b e c o n t r o l l e d t o

    d i r e c t f r e s h c o o l a i r t o t h e s c r e e n o r t o t h e i n t e r i o r , i s b u i l t i n t o t h e c a r a n d c a n b e u s e d w h e t h e r o r n o t t h e h e a t e r , a v a i l a b l e a s a n e x t r a i s f i t t e d .

    T h e s p a r e w h e e l i s k e p t i n a s e p a r a t e c o m p a r t m e n t i n t h e l u g g a g e b o o t , l e a v i n g a m p l e r o o m f o r n o r m a l s i z e s u i t c a s e s . T h e p e t r o l t a n k h a s a c a p a c i t y o f 9 g a l l o n s .

    I n s t a n d a r d f o r m t h e A l p i n e h a s p r e s s e d s t e e l w h e e l s w i t h b r a k e c o o l i n g a p e r t u r e s , b u t c e n t r e l o c k w i r e w h e e l s w i t h k n o c k o n h u b c a p s a r e a l s o a v a i l a b l e .

    F i v e s i n g l e t o n e c o l o u r s c h e m e s w i t h b l a c k h o o d s o r h a r d t o p s a n d h a r m o n i s i n g i n t e r i o r t r i m s a r e b e i n g p r o d u c e d - T h i s t l e G r e y , C a r n i v a l R e d , G l e n G r e e n , M o o n s t o n e a n d E m b a s s y B l a c k .

  • xr R 0±J J C T i. 2>± •• I n o r d e r t o s u p p l e m e n t t h e R o o t c s G r o u p p r o d u c t i o n

    r e s o u r c e s , a n a r r a n g e m e n t h a s b e e n m a d e w h e r e b y B r i s t o l S i a d e l e y E n g i n e s L i m i t e d a r e u n d e r t a k i n g t h e b o d y a n d f i n a l a s s e m b l y o f t h e n e w S u n b e a m A l p i n e a t t h e i r C o v e n t r y f a c t o r y .

    O t h e r p r o d u c t i o n a n d a l l c o m m e r c i a l a r r a n g e m e n t s w i l l b e t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f t h e R o o t s s G r o u p i n t h e n o r m a l w a y .

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