How to buy a 100-m.p.h. sports car - complete - for less than $2500.*

Start with a dealer who sells Chrysler's new Sunbeam Alpine V. You'll find it as advertised above - and carrying a 5-year/50,000-mile warranty* besides.

It took British Sunmbeam and Chrysler together to bring it about, but there it is: a tough Class F contender for a mere $2450.*

Alpine V has muscles. A bigger 1725cc engine puts out 100 hp and the 100 m.p.h. top speed. With twin carbs, a regeared, fully synchromeshed 4-on-the-floor plus quick clutch, 0 to 60 comes in 12.8 seconds.

5 years/50,000 miles

Aline V is also built to satisfy Chrysler's famous engine and drive train warranty. The crankshaft now has 5 main bearings; a new oil cooler maintains lube efficiency at high rpm; even the exhaust ports are staggered to discourage hot spots in the block.

No austerity here

With so much car built into the basics, the amazing thing is what else Alpine gives you for your $2500 or so.

Take brakes. 9.85 in. Girling discs up front, 9 in. drums behind. Generous. They're also self-adjusting at all 4 corners - and power assisted besides!
Take steering. A fast, crisp 3.3 turns lock-to-lock. The wheel also telescopes in and out and locks at your fastest, most comfortable rach.
Take bucket seats. Alpine's are richly padded, neatly turned out in pleated vinyl. Both adjust forward, back, up and down, and the backs recline.
Take room. Alpine has more than most sports cars at any price. Even around the feet (pedals are adjustable) and in the trunk - two places you often get pinched. 
Oh yes - Alpine now has footwell air vents, too.

Etc., etc., etc.

Console with locking storage well is standard. So is a heater with two-speed blower. The dash is a gem of instrumentation. The convertible top is self-storing and easy to work. And the list goes on.

So if you want the impossible on a $2500-type budget, you now have a place to go: your Sunbeam dealer's, for the new Alpine V.

Only thing that meets it for value is a Sunbeam Tiger V-8. But that's $1100 more.*

*Mfr's suggested retail price, East Coast P.O.E., state and local taxes, destination charges and options extra. West Coast slightly higher.

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Chrysler's Sunbeam
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Chrysler Motors Corporation