Sunbeam Rapier
The Sunbeam Rapier was the first of the "Audax" range of light cars produced by the Rootes Group. Announced at the London Motor Show in October 1955, it preceded its Hillman Minx and Singer Gazelle counterparts by several months.
A four seat, two door hardtop coupé – designated Series I with the introduction of the Series II in 1958 – it was completely different from the Sunbeam Mark III, the car it would eventually replace. Although designed "in house" by the Rootes Group, it was inspired, via the Raymond Loewy design organisation, by the new-generation Studebaker coupés of 1953.
Read more about Sunbeam Rapier: Series I, Series II, Series III, Series IIIA, Series IV, Series V, Sunbeam Rapier Fastback Coupé
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