To celebrate the British International Motor Show this year we picked our 100 best British cars. Check out our selection to help you choose your favourite home-grown motor.
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95 Sunbeam 3-Litre (page 20 of 25)
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Sunbeam's brilliant engineer Louis Coatalen's 3-Litre roadster had the first production twin-cam engine, and a close-ratio four-speed gearbox. It was developed to beat Bentley at Le Mans and did so in 1925, when it came in second behind a Lorraine-Dietrich. The 3-Litre lasted from 1925 to 1930 and contributed to Sunbeam's reputation as maker of some of the finest cars of the Edwardian era, from luxury limousines to more affordable saloons. It also made speed record setters, aeroplanes and aero engines, but came to an ignominious end, bankrupt in 1934 and absorbed into the Rootes Group.
