The Portuguese seller/owner had two Talbot Sunbeam Lotus examples, one a Group 4 car and this one he bought from the UK with the intention of doing more rallying but couldn’t justify both. He was a keen enthusiast and rally driver and very knowledgeable about this marque. Our ve...
but around 250bhp in rally tune. The Talbot Sunbeam Lotus was born, an old Rootes Group badge resurrected. Everyone imagines Lotus then took over and did the work to make the rallying Sunbeam competitive.