Sunbeam · 1953–1975
Sunbeam Alpine
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 original Alpine was launched in 1953 as the first vehicle from Sunbeam-Talbot to bear the Sunbeam name alone since Rootes Group bought Clément-Talbot, and later the moribund Sunbeam from its receiver in 1935.
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On UK roads1,9102025 Q4
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UK vehicles on the road
1,366 licensed and 544 SORN (1,910 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 1,615 |
| 2015 | 1,638 |
| 2016 | 1,653 |
| 2017 | 1,727 |
| 2018 | 1,770 |
| 2019 | 1,788 |
| 2020 | 1,820 |
| 2021 | 1,858 |
| 2022 | 1,885 |
| 2023 | 1,861 |
| 2024 | 1,878 |
| 2025 | 1,910 |
DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.
Sources
- Wikidata / Wikipedia profiles — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/cars/Q1472272CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbeam_AlpineCC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1377857815 · retrieved 2026-10-03
- DfT/DVLA VEH0120 licensing statistics — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tablesOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.