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Motor vehicle
Sunbeam-Talbot 2 Litre
1947 Sunbeam-Talbot 2 Litre sports tourer
Overview
ManufacturerSunbeam-Talbot (Rootes Group)
Also calledSunbeam-Talbot Two Litre
Production1939–1948
1,306 produced
AssemblyLondon, United Kingdom
Ryton, United Kingdom
Body and chassis
Body style4 door saloon
drophead coupé
tourer
LayoutFR layout
RelatedSunbeam-Talbot Ten
Powertrain
Engine1944cc I4
Chronology
PredecessorNone
SuccessorSunbeam-Talbot 90

The Sunbeam-Talbot 2 Litre is an automobile which was manufactured by Sunbeam-Talbot in the United Kingdom from 1939 until 1948. It was offered in 4-light sports saloon, foursome drophead coupé and 4-seater sports tourer body styles as well as a sports 2-seater. Production was suspended due to the Second World War and was resumed in 1945.

The 2 Litre utilised the styling and chassis of the Sunbeam-Talbot Ten with a wheelbase which was 3½ inches longer than the Ten. It was fitted with the 1944cc four cylinder sidevalve engine from the Hillman 14, that unit producing 52 bhp in its original form with improvements after the war increasing the power output to 56 bhp. The 2 Litre was fitted with Lockheed hydraulic brakes.

1,306 examples of the 2 Litre had been produced by 1948, in which year it was replaced by the Sunbeam-Talbot 90.

Sunbeam-Talbot 2 Litre Sports Saloon

References

  1. ^ History of Sunbeam cars, www.rootes-chrysler.co.uk Retrieved on 29 January 2014
  2. Sunbeam Talbot advertisements 1945 – 1948, www.car-brochures.eu Retrieved on 29 January 2014
  3. ^ Sunbeam-Talbot 2 Litre, www.sunbeam.org.au Retrieved on 29 January 2014
  4. ^ Michael Sedgwick & Mark Gillies, A-Z of Cars of the 1930s, (1993), page 196
  5. ^ Sunbeam-Talbot 80 & 90 – Sunbeam Mk III, www.sunbeam.org.au Retrieved on 29 January 2014
  6. New Sunbeam-Talbot Car. The Times, Wednesday, Aug 30, 1939; pg. 8; Issue 48397.
  7. ^ Sunbeam-Talbot 1940, www.classiccarcatalogue.com Retrieved on 29 January 2014
  8. Sunbeam-Talbot 1946, www.classiccarcatalogue.com Retrieved on 29 January 2014

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