Corgi VA07005 Sunbeam Alpine Series II - Embassy Black

The Alpine was launched in 1959 and has the distinction of being the first car ever to be seen being driven on screen by a Mr James Bond. It also had an extensive roll in GÇÿGet CarterGÇÖ, for it was an undoubtedly attractive car. However based on the floorplan of the Hillman Husky it was always considered softer than its rival MGs and was outsold by them; a total of nearly 70 000 were sold in 9 years of production. The series 2 modelled here was announced in 1960, merely 15 months after the Alpine had gone on sale, and featured a more powerful 1600cc 80BHP engine which the Alpine shared with the Sunbeam Rapier.