Sunbeam Motor Car Company
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Sunbeam Motor Car Company Limited was a British automobile manufacturer in operation between 1905 and 1934. Its works were at Moorfields in Blakenhall, a suburb of Wolverhampton in Staffordshire, now
Sunbeam Works in Wolverhampton, pictured in 2016
John Marston, founder, pictured in 1916
1903 12 horsepower Sunbeam by Berliet
1914 12–16 4-cylinders 3 Litres
Rootes Group
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The Rootes Group was a British automobile manufacturer and, separately, a major motor distributors and dealers business. From headquarters in the West End of London, the manufacturer was based in the
Sunbeam Motor Car Company
…borrowed over ten years to fund its Grand Prix racing programme, and a receiver was appointed. There was a forced sale, and Sunbeam was picked up by the Rootes brothers. Manufacture of Sunbeam's then old-fashioned cars did not resume under the new owners, but Sunbeam trolleybuses remained in production. The two Rootes…
The Rootes Maidstone on Mill Street, Rootes' factory building c. 1948
Founder William Rootes
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