There are lots of articles and information about the so-called "series" Sunbeam Alpines (of the type introduced in 1959 and was driven by "Maxwell Smart" for example) but this is not one of them. related to their course, or any of the other wonderful Sunbeam cars, but the page is devoted to only one particular model, the original Alpine Sport roadster built from 1953-1955 (... such as those driven by Grace Kelly in "To Catch a Thief ".... want to see the difference?)* ABOUT THE NAME.
Children are more complicated Rootes Sunbeam / Talbot / Darraq crumpled etc. marque problem with dropping the name "Talbot" in 1954, smack in the middle of the production run of the car. "Talbot" was dropped in the UK and the Continent because it was contrary to the Talbots unhyphenated then produced and raced in France and were just coming to the end of their competitive advantage at Le Mans (thanks to C Type Jaguar).
"Talbot" apparently never applied to this model in the first place, it was introduced as "Sunbeam Alpine Sports". (Of course the car that 'series' will not be called Sunbeam-TALBOT, as Talbot clearly down before it was introduced.) At any rate when the 'Sunbeam Alpine' is mentioned these days, it's Series cars that usually come to mind.
So, we really need a special name to distinguish it from car to car Series. Bob Hamilton just call them "Alpines right" regardless of the manufacturer. Several others have taken the word "Supreme" grille badge off and use it to distinguish the car. I think the "Supreme Sunbeam" (Or Sunbeam Sunbeam Supreme because it actually appears) is a bit contrived. Grille badge on previous cars did not say "the Great", but it seems more of an adjective than a noun to me. No Sunbeam "General" in the sense that there is a Buick "Century" said. Object name / model for the car's "Alpine" I think we can all agree on that much. To further confuse things, and correct me if I'm wrong, but did not peak at the same badge, hubcaps and steering wheel emblem Talbot? (BTW An English family is not French). Animal semi-rampant with tail flying high is a DOG if you can believe, not the lion! (No doubt this confusion is a deliberate deception on the part of the graphic artist Talbot for successfully escaped from the TR-2 and Austin Healy 100-4 drivers magnified by our daughter with dignity and will definitely make some crack about the things that will been stuck for years. Someone suggests that the shop manual says "Sunbeam-Talbot" right on the cover ... but then others indicate that it includes several models ... But then someone told her '54 has "ST" molded into rubber pedal ... and on.
We could call them "Mark" Alpines (again Rootes devil 'has Mark I and Mark III, but no Mark II. Sigh.) But I think we have to assume that the manufacturer wants this car is known as the "Sport alpine" ... Here for example is an excerpt from the opening paragraph of contemporary road test (sorry, could not ID magazine: maybe R & T)"Quite right. Name" Alpine Sport "has been selected for a new model, based on the success of many marque within 2,000 miles of the famous rally."
You would think that would be dispositive, but the article identifies companies manufacturing / marque as the Company "Sunbeam-Talbot", so, one might say it is logical Sunbeam-Talbot Alpine Sports ... but then
Finally, if we can really prove that the car came out and Sunbeam Alpine marketed as a "sport" that will give us a different name ...