Description Only 34,000 miles from new; restored to Concours-winning condition in 1991 and meticulously cared for since; few owners; multiple show-winner; transferable number plate; huge history file; a peach of a car in all respects As you can imagine, we get to drive a huge variety of machinery at Brightwells, spanning every decade of the motoring age, but it is always a pleasure to get behind the wheel of a Sunbeam-Talbot 90.

These are really fine cars with wonderful build quality, supple ride and a fantastically smooth and willing engine, offering a ‘feel-good factor’ that is hard to match this side of a Bristol or a Rolls-Royce.

Launched in 1948, the 90 was built by the Rootes Group in Ryton and was the last car to bear the Sunbeam-Talbot name.

Available as a four-door saloon or two-door drophead coupé, the 90 went through three versions before production ended in 1954.

While the original version had a 64bhp 1,944cc side-valve four-cylinder engine derived from a pre-war Humber...