{"id":496348,"date":"2017-03-01T03:14:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T03:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=42502"},"modified":"2024-12-29T14:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T14:05:00","slug":"flashback-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/flashback-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Car of the Day: Sunbeam Alpine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sunbeam Alpine<\/h2>\n<p>Designed by Loewy Studios for the Rootes Group, the 1494-cc Sunbeam Alpine was launched in 1959. Some 11,904 examples of the first series Alpine were produced, with four more series iterations following until 1968.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1960-Sunbeam-Alpine.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-590966\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1960-Sunbeam-Alpine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1960-Sunbeam-Alpine.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1960-Sunbeam-Alpine-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1960-Sunbeam-Alpine-1024x543.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1960-Sunbeam-Alpine-100x53.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1960-Sunbeam-Alpine-770x409.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1960-Sunbeam-Alpine-293x155.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunbeam Alpine Designed by Loewy Studios for the Rootes Group, the 1494-cc Sunbeam Alpine was launched in 1959. 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