Put A Chrysler Sunbeam in Your Life for 30p A Gallon

The Chrysler Sunbeam is a small supermini 3-door hatchback manufactured by Chrysler Europe at the former Rootes Group factory in Linwood in Scotland. The Sunbeam's development was funded by a British government grant with the aim to keep the Linwood plant running, and the small car was based on the larger Hillman Avenger also manufactured there. After the takeover of Chrysler's European operations by PSA, the model was renamed Talbot Sunbeam and continued in production for some time. A Talbot Sunbeam Lotus version was successful in rallying and won the World Rally Championship for Talbot in 1981.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• petula
• clark
• chrysler
• sunbeam
• hatchback
• ads

[bigmanio]

Better hurry!! you can get one of these run-a-rounds FREE!!! with a litre of unleaded :)

[darrowby1972]

Think i`m gonna be sick!

[allegrokarl]

Well, can't argue with such lovely insults. There are no Sunbeams being sold? Well of course there fucking aren't they stopped making them years ago.

[TomAlter1000]

All UK Chryslers used to suffer with tin worm but were very reliable. Sunbeams even had electronic ignition, which wasn't available on most other makes until years later, and they were far better than the rival Fiesta, which was extremely basic - even down to having rubber floor mats instead of carpet in the base models! I learned to drive in a 1 litre Sunbeam. I liked it so much that I bought a 'Cherry Red' 1.3 LS. Had it years before it became to rotten to repair, but loved it. Fond memories.

[seanhennessy]

My first car, a rusting, POS, that literally disintegrated before your eyes, having said that the actual engine etc never let me down ;)

Seriously, it was way worse then the Alfa Romeos I had after it.

[dilawer321]

If only you americnas knew what the LOTUS sunbeam was lol

[MrManiac606]

Remember the ad. They really liked dwelling on that lifting rear window. Now that's what I call innovation!

[bartlemy]

thank u for the memories...sniff

[pmassive]

Did you know that if you looked at a Sunbeam hard enough, it would rot in front of your eyes.

[lookingintothepast]

The car doesn't seem to live up to the production value of the commercial.How dear old 'Pet' keeps a straight face when proclaiming "I like it" shows she had more acting ability than people gave her credit for!!

[CRAZYCOZZIE]

@OsbornTramain The Chrysler Sunbeam was based on the Hillman Avenger floor pan & didn't have any input from the USA.

[OsbornTramain]

@joh2 This is how I remember it being an employee fo Chrysler at the time...and also according to wikipedia, "Horizon was designed by Simca, the French division of Chrysler Europe for 1977. It survived in various guises until 90. It was initially sold as a Simca, whilst elsewhere in Europe it was badged as a Chrysler (including the UK). The Horizon, Project C2 as it was known inside Simca during development, was intended to be a "world car", designed for consumers on both sides of the Atlantic.

[davie12]

@darrowby1972 why