The Sunbeam Tiger is a car well-known to enthusiasts. European cars with powerful American V8s are intriguing. Most of the time these Euro-American hybrids came with high-end, sexy bodies to house their muscular engines, such as the Facel Vega, Iso Rivolta and Griffo, and of course the Shelby Cobra. The Sunbeam Tiger had the muscle of an American V8, but the pedestrian styling of a well-known inexpensive 4-cylinder British car. Although attractive, the Sunbeam Alpine Series 1 (introduced in 1959)…

1964 Lister Tiger ABU 180B
Photo: David Gooley