Evolution of The Sunbeam Lotus: Britain’s Rally-Bred Hot Hatch Pioneer
The Sunbeam Lotus is one of the most celebrated performance cars to emerge from the British automotive industry in the late 1970s and early 1980s. A product of collaboration between the Rootes Group’s successor Chrysler UK (later taken over by Peugeot-Talbot) and the renowned sports car manufacturer Lotus, the Sunbeam Lotus combined a humble supermini…