Sunbeam-Talbot 80

Sunbeam-Talbot 80
Sunbeam-Talbot 80 sports saloon
Overview
ManufacturerSunbeam-Talbot
Production1948–1950 [1]
3,500 built [1]
Body and chassis
Body style4-door sports saloon[1]
2-door drophead coupé[1]
RelatedSunbeam-Talbot 90[1]
Powertrain
Engine1185 cc Straight-4[1]
Chronology
PredecessorSunbeam-Talbot Ten[1]
SuccessorSunbeam Rapier

The Sunbeam-Talbot 80 is a 4-door 4-light sports saloon which was produced by English manufacturer Sunbeam-Talbot from 1948 to 1950.[2]

The 80 was introduced in July 1948 as an entirely new body for the Sunbeam-Talbot Ten.[2] As before sports saloon and drophead coupé bodies were offered.[3] It was fitted with an overhead valve revision of the Minx / Ten's 1,185 cc four cylinder engine developing 47 bhp (35 kW) 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 30 mph (48 km/h) and 60 mph (97 km/h) the much larger engined 90 consumed less fuel.[2]

All other dimensions were shared with the 90.[2]

The 80 was discontinued in September 1950[2] with 3,500 examples having been produced.[4]

  • Sunbeam-Talbot 80 sports saloon
    Sunbeam-Talbot 80 sports saloon
  • Sunbeam-Talbot 80 sports saloon
    Sunbeam-Talbot 80 sports saloon
  1. ^ a b c d e f g Michal Sedgwick & Mark Gillies, A-Z of Cars 1945-1970, Haymarket Publishing Ltd, 1986, page 189
  2. ^ a b c d e Ian Nickols and Kent Karslake, Motoring Entente, Cassell, London 1956
  3. ^ The New Talbot 80 & 90 (advertisement), c1.staticflickr.com Retrieved 25 September 2016
  4. ^ Sunbeam-Talbot 80 & 90 – Sunbeam Mk III, www.sunbeam.org.au Retrieved 25 September 2016