SUNBEAM - name to make a comeback ???

SUNBEAM - name to make a comeback ???

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restoman

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936 posts

207 months

Wednesday 4th February 2015
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davidgt4

239 posts

245 months

Thursday 5th February 2015
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Not quite a Tiger is it...

Corpulent Tosser

5,459 posts

244 months

Thursday 5th February 2015
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That is not a pretty car.

I have nothing against electric cars, for certain applications they are a good option, but I think it a shame to use the Sunbeam name for something like that.

Blib

43,791 posts

196 months

Thursday 5th February 2015
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That name takes me back. The very first brand new car that my dad ever bought was a Sunbeam Rapier in gold. One of these:



No B pillar. So cooooool ! I couldn't sleep the night before he picked it up.

runsofftoclassifieds.

crankedup

25,764 posts

242 months

Thursday 5th February 2015
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It's a travesty, why use a heritage name and launch a pig looking thing like that! There are hundreds of old unheard of car brand names collecting dust as well. Sunbeam my a*se!

nicanary

9,749 posts

145 months

Thursday 5th February 2015
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Blib said:
That name takes me back. The very first brand new car that my dad ever bought was a Sunbeam Rapier in gold. One of these:



No B pillar. So cooooool ! I couldn't sleep the night before he picked it up.

runsofftoclassifieds.
A mini-Plymouth Barracuda. And whenever I see the name Barracuda I can't stop thinking about that song which starts with a spoof advert where the voiceover calls it a Baccaruda. Anyone remember it?

Russwhitehouse

962 posts

130 months

Thursday 5th February 2015
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Horrid looking thing! Reminds me of Aston Martins foray into the foul with that stupid Cygnus thing.

Dogwatch

6,222 posts

221 months

Thursday 5th February 2015
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Yuk!

Roy C

4,187 posts

283 months

Thursday 5th February 2015
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restoman

Original Poster:

936 posts

207 months

Thursday 5th February 2015
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Roy C said:
That is indeed a Sunbeam - strangely my 1968 Sunbeam Raper also sounded like that . . .

medieval

1,499 posts

210 months

Thursday 5th February 2015
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This should not be allowed to happen...................Hillman, possibly

Andy 308GTB

2,918 posts

220 months

Thursday 5th February 2015
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Nasty.


These are Sunbeams!

3 litre Twin Cams...


1000HP...

2 sMoKiN bArReLs

30,230 posts

234 months

Thursday 5th February 2015
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nicanary said:
A mini-Plymouth Barracuda. And whenever I see the name Barracuda I can't stop thinking about that song which starts with a spoof advert where the voiceover calls it a Baccaruda. Anyone remember it?
Summer Fun

by the Baccarudas biggrin

marshalla

15,902 posts

200 months

Thursday 5th February 2015
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I wonder if Peugeot have given them permission to use the name ?

http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmcase/Results/1/UK000012581...

2 sMoKiN bArReLs

30,230 posts

234 months

Thursday 5th February 2015
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marshalla said:
I wonder if Peugeot have given them permission to use the name ?

http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmcase/Results/1/UK000012581...
Might be from Sunbeam bicycles rather then Sunbeam cars?

marshalla

15,902 posts

200 months

Thursday 5th February 2015
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2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
marshalla said:
I wonder if Peugeot have given them permission to use the name ?

http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmcase/Results/1/UK000012581...
Might be from Sunbeam bicycles rather then Sunbeam cars?
List of goods : Class 12 : Motor Vehicles.



douglasb

299 posts

221 months

Thursday 5th February 2015
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2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
Summer Fun

by the Baccarudas biggrin
Your Plymouth Dealer is a dealing man.

<Early '60s American advert voice>

"I can't pronounce Baccaruda........."

</Early '60s American advert voice>

biggrin

marshalla

15,902 posts

200 months

Thursday 5th February 2015
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douglasb said:
Your Plymouth Dealer is a dealing man.

<Early '60s American advert voice>

"I can't pronounce Baccaruda........."

</Early '60s American advert voice>

biggrin
BABARARACUCUDADA!

2 sMoKiN bArReLs

30,230 posts

234 months

Thursday 5th February 2015
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marshalla said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
marshalla said:
I wonder if Peugeot have given them permission to use the name ?

http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmcase/Results/1/UK000012581...
Might be from Sunbeam bicycles rather then Sunbeam cars?
List of goods : Class 12 : Motor Vehicles.
I meant the branding/trade mark rather than the product

marshalla

15,902 posts

200 months

Thursday 5th February 2015
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2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
marshalla said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
marshalla said:
I wonder if Peugeot have given them permission to use the name ?

http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmcase/Results/1/UK000012581...
Might be from Sunbeam bicycles rather then Sunbeam cars?
List of goods : Class 12 : Motor Vehicles.
I meant the branding/trade mark rather than the product
The badge they're using is the "Sunbeam Coventry" trademark (applied for but not yet granted) : http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmcase/Results/1/UK000030897...
(also Class 12) but modified.

I'm not sure how the removal of the "Coventry" to use only "Sunbeam" would go down.