The Humber Sceptre name was applied to three generations of motor cars from the former British manufacturer the Rootes Group, between 1961 and 1976.
The first and second generations were variants of the Hillman Super Minx. The third was developed from the Rootes Arrow.
The name was retained, together with the other Humbers, after the Chrysler takeover of Rootes in 1965. It was discontinued - with the Humber and Hillman marques - in September 1976, when the whole British range was rebranded as Chrysler.
The name "Sceptre" reappeared in 1990 for some SRi versions of the Peugeot 205, 405 and 605. Peugeot had bought Chrysler's European operations (which also included French carmaker Simca) in 1978 and rebranded the whole European Chrysler range under the reborn Talbot marque.
Famous quotes containing the word sceptre:
“A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until she is placed on the bier.”
—Dame Edith Evans (1888–1976)