Those old enough to remember actor Don Adams’ TV sitcom character Maxwell Smart will recall that the bumbling spy drove a Sunbeam Tiger, a rare car when new in 1965 and one that’s even rarer now.

Two prototypes (One by Miles, one attributed to Shelby American themselves) later, Sunbeam had the Tiger. Company owner Sir William Rootes, the first of the title Baron Rootes, approved the car ...

director Peter Segal drew his inspiration for the film's star car -- a Sunbeam Tiger -- from the original TV series starring Don Adams. Only it's not quite a Tiger. See All 4 Photos "It's supposed ...

Duke Samouce likes a little power in his sports car. Samouce is in the Army ... In the early 1990s, Samouce learned about the Sunbeam Tiger. It was during this time that Samouce was in the ...

T he recent sale of the first production Sunbeam Tiger, a 1964 model with body number “0001,” made news in the world of classic British sports cars. That restored and documented historic car ...

More than other cars, the Sunbeam could never decide what it wanted to be. The Sunbeam Tiger was made by a British brand that built it with a Ford engine. Then the company was bought by Chrysler ...

Assembly of the Tiger was contracted to Jensen Motors, who just lost its contract to assemble the Volvo P1800 (another favorite TV-spy car). Altogether, 6,450 examples of the Sunbeam Tiger were ...