The Sunbeam-Talbot 80 is a 4-door 4-light
sports saloon
A sports sedan (also known as sports saloon in British English) is a subjective term for a sedan car that is designed to have sporting performance or handling characteristics.
History
The term was originally introduced in the 1930s an ...
which was produced by English manufacturer
Sunbeam-Talbot
Sunbeam-Talbot Limited was a British motor manufacturing business. It built upmarket sports-saloon versions under the parenthood of Rootes Group cars from 1938 to 1954. Its predecessor Clément-Talbot Limited had made ''Talbot'' automobiles from ...
from 1948 to 1950.
[Ian Nickols and Kent Karslake, ''Motoring Entente'', Cassell, London 1956]
The 80 was introduced in July 1948 as an entirely new body for the
Sunbeam-Talbot Ten
The Sunbeam-Talbot Ten is a compact executive car or small sports saloon manufactured by Rootes Group in their Clément-Talbot factory in North Kensington between 1938 and 1939, and then reintroduced after the Second World War and sold between 1 ...
.
[ As before sports saloon and drophead coupé bodies were offered.The New Talbot 80 & 90 (advertisement), c1.staticflickr.com]
Retrieved 25 September 2016 It was fitted with an overhead valve revision of the Minx / Ten's 1,185 cc four cylinder engine developing at 4800 rpm. The new cast-iron cylinder head with its overhead valves shared just its design with the 2 Litre 90, the cylinder blocks were not the same. From the Ten to the 80 the carburettor switched sides. Commentators noticed that between the speeds of and the much larger engined 90 consumed less fuel.
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All other dimensions were shared with the 90.][
The 80 was discontinued in September 1950][ with 3,500 examples having been produced.][Sunbeam-Talbot 80 & 90 – Sunbeam Mk III, www.sunbeam.org.au]
Retrieved 25 September 2016
File:Sunbeam Talbot 80 (6285673774).jpg, Sunbeam-Talbot 80 sports saloon
File:Sunbeam Talbot 80 (6285674120).jpg, Sunbeam-Talbot 80 sports saloon
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Cars introduced in 1948
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