{"id":491172,"date":"2010-02-01T13:30:05","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T21:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=42120"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:25:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:25:49","slug":"the-birth-of-the-tiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-birth-of-the-tiger\/","title":{"rendered":"The Birth of the Tiger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1953, the Rootes Group in England, which had acquired\u00a0the Sunbeam Company in 1935, produced a handsome sports car, the Sunbeam Alpine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ArtEvans.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-590639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ArtEvans.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ArtEvans.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ArtEvans-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ArtEvans-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ArtEvans-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Its styling promised more than it could deliver. 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