Description
The Rootes Group was a late starter in the burgeoning British (and export) sports car market. MG had the lion’s share of the market with its excellent MGA roadster that had been released in 1955. There was it’s larger, more expensive and higher performing sibling, the Austin-Healey. By the time the Sunbeam Alpine appeared in mid-1959 its two main rivals had reigned virtually unchallenged for most of the decade. Unlike the MGA and Austin-Healey, both of which were rather basic in their creature comforts and had a stiff hard riding suspension, the Alpine introduced motorists to a degree of refinement previously unavailable from a British sports car. Carroll Shelby, who in 1962 transformed the AC Ace into the Cobra, was contracted the following year to work his magic on Sunbeam’s sporting Alpine. The outcome was the Tiger, powered by Ford’s American V8 260 and 289 engines. This is a book on the Sunbeam Tiger 260 and 289, the Alpine Mks. I, II, III, IV & V plus all GT models, Harrington and Le Mans from 1959 to 1967. It is made up of contemporary articles covering road tests, specifications, long term assessment, history, profile road research report, buyers guide offering advice on acquiring a good used car.
With a total of 184 fully illustrated pages. SB.
ISBN: 9781870642491
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