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Description

We present a rare and unique object. The Roters Italia or better known Sunbeam Alpine Touring roadster built in only 100 units with Touring Torino bodywork.

A car of great collector value, it has black plates and a first registration booklet in addition to the practically rare use and maintenance booklet and service records. The Alpine also comes with an ASI gold approval booklet in addition to the precious chrome spoked wheels.

Model history and curiosity

Production years: 1963 – 1964

Engine: straight-4
Capacity: 1592 cc
Power: 85.52 HP at 5200 rpm
Seats: 2
Top speed: 153 km/h
Number of cars produced: around 100

The Sunbeam Alpine Series III Spider was not an original Touring design but rather a “restyling” of the version built in England included in the contract the Carrozzeria signed with the Rootes Group at the end of 1961. This agreement also stipulated the assembly-line production of the Hilman Superminx (with most components shipped from the UK and metal plates stamped in Italy), and the design and manufacture of a new model with the Superleggera system: the Sunbeam Venezia.

The restyling was quick and easy, mainly consisting in a “Touring-style” remake of the two obtrusive, unaesthetic, and anachronistic rear fins of the original Sunbeam Alpine III. All the other distinctive elements of its classic English-roadster design were maintained, but an elegant hard top, which allowed to convert it into a classy coupé, was created and offered as an optional.

The production of the Sunbeam Alpine Series III Spider, along with that of the other two models, ceased in mid-1964 when the Rootes Group filed for bankruptcy, driving Touring in a financial cliff which led to its closure at the end of 1966.