<P> The Sunbeam Alpine Mk 1 Special: It was based on the 2267cc Mk 1 Sunbeam Talbot motor, with alloy rocker cover and Siamese exhaust ports (cylinders 2 and 3). These motors developed a reputed, 97.5 bhp at 4,500 rpm, mainly by raising the compression ratio to 8.0: 1 and incorporating a special induction manifold with a twin choke Solex 40 P.I.I carburettor . </P> <P> Sunbeam Alpine Team Cars: MKV 21 - 26: The motors were configured the same as the Sunbeam Alpine Mk I Special, with further tuning by ERA to raise power to 106 bhp . </P> <P> Very few of these cars are ever seen on the big screen . However, a sapphire blue Alpine featured prominently in the 1955 Alfred Hitchcock film To Catch a Thief starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly . More recently, the American PBS show History Detectives tried to verify that an Alpine roadster owned by a private individual was the actual car used in that movie . Although the Technicolor process could "hide" the car's true colour, and knowing that the car was shipped back from Monaco to the USA for use in front of a rear projection effect, the car shown on the programme was ultimately proven not to be the film car upon comparison of the vehicle identification numbers . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Sunbeam Alpine Series I to V </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Sunbeam Alpine Series IV </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Overview </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Production </Th> <Td> 1959--68 69,251 made </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Body and chassis </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Body style </Th> <Td> 2 - door roadster </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Related </Th> <Td> Sunbeam Tiger </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Powertrain </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Engine </Th> <Td> Series I: 91.2 cu in (1.5 L) I4 Series II, III & IV--1592 cc (1.6 L) I4 Series V--1725 cc (1.7 L) I4 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Dimensions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Wheelbase </Th> <Td> 86 in (2,184 mm) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Length </Th> <Td> 155 in (3,937 mm) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Width </Th> <Td> 61 in (1,549 mm) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Height </Th> <Td> 51 in (1,295 mm) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Chronology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Successor </Th> <Td> none </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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