The Models

The Sunbeam Model Line Up

Sunbeam No. 1 1899
Sunbeam 4hp 1900
Sunbeam 6hp 1901
Sunbeam-Mabley 1901-1902
Sunbeam 12/16 & 12/14 1902-1905
Sunbeam 16 1904
Sunbeam 16/20 & 20 1906-1909
Sunbeam 25/30 1907
Sunbeam 35 1908-1909
Sunbeam 14/18 1908-1909
Sunbeam 16 1909
Sunbeam 14/20 & 16/20 1909-1914
Sunbeam 12/16 1910-1914
Sunbeam 25/30 1910-1911
Sunbeam 18/22 1910-1911
Sunbeam 25/30 1911-1914
Sunbeam Sixteen 1919-1922
Sunbeam 24 1919-1922
Sunbeam 16/40 1922-1923
Sunbeam Fourteen 1922-1923
Sunbeam 24/60 1922-1923
Sunbeam 12/30 1923-1925
Sunbeam 20/60 1923-1926
Sunbeam 14/40 1924-1927
Sunbeam 16/50 1924
Sunbeam 24/70 1924
Sunbeam 3 Litre Super Sports 1925-1930
Sunbeam Sixteen 1926-1933
Sunbeam Twenty 1926-1933
Sunbeam Twenty-Five 1926-1932
Sunbeam Thirty & Thirty-Five 1926-1929
Sunbeam Speed Twenty 1933-1935
Sunbeam Twenty 1934-1935
Sunbeam Twenty-Five 1934-1935
Sunbeam Dawn 1934-1935
Sunbeam Thirty 1936
Sunbeam-Talbot Ten 1938-1948
Sunbeam-Talbot 2 Litre 1939-1948
Sunbeam-Talbot 3 Litre 1938-1940
Sunbeam-Talbot 4 Litre 1939-1940
Sunbeam-Talbot 80 & 90 1948-1954
Sunbeam Alpine 1953-1955
Sunbeam Mk III 1954-1957
Sunbeam Rapier 1955-1967
Sunbeam Alpine 1959-1968
Sunbeam Venezia 1963-1964
Sunbeam Asp & Cub 1963
Sunbeam Tiger 1964-1967
Sunbeam Imp Sport & Stiletto 1966-1976
Sunbeam Rapier & Alpine 1967-1976
Sunbeam Vogue 1970
Chrysler Sunbeam/Talbot Sunbeam 1977-1981
Talbot Sunbeam Lotus 1979-1981
Sunbeam Tiger 2025 LSR Tribute 2009

Models built for export only

Sunbeam Minx
Sunbeam Imp, Chamois and 900
Sunbeam Arrow, Hunter, Minx, Gazelle, Vogue and Sceptre
Sunbeam Funwagon/Highwayman
Sunbeam Avenger, 1250, 1300, 1500 and 1600

For more in depth information on a particular model, check the links and clubs pages for model specific sites.

I owe a great debt to Bruce Dowell for allowing me access to his research into Wolverhampton Sunbeam production numbers. The production numbers quoted up until the Wolverhampton plant closed down in 1935 are the result of his research. Note that these figures are only approximate as few factory records survive. Bruce’s website can be found at sunbeamregister.com.


Caricatures by Colin Anderson.