Talbot Sunbeam Lotus, 1981. The Chrysler Sunbeam was a rear wheel drive 3 door hatch based on the Avenger which had started life as a Hillman in 1970. Chrysler commissioned Lotus to create a rally version of the Sunbeam fitted with the a Lotus type 911 2.2 litre 16 valve 4 cylinder engine. By the time the road-going version was ready Peugeot had rebranded Chrysler Europe as Talbot. The rally version won the 1981 Manufacturers World Rally Championship for Talbot. The Sunbeam was replaced by the Peugeot-based FWD Samba in 1981, there was no equivalent of the Lotus version
The ultimate Talbot Sunbeam, now highly sort after
