An extract from an advertisement placed by Sunbeam in the Illustrated London News on 21st June 1930.

'In no other class of car is choice so restricted as in the seven-seat Limousine range at about £1,000 and in no other class is the British quality of what may be called thoroughgoing luxury so successfully displayed.

Among these few models, the 25hp six-cylinder Sunbeam stands out in no uncertain manner – a fact confirmed by the large number of these beautiful cars to be met in town and country.

The model is fashionable simply because most present-day buyers are capable of close judgement on cars.

This car with its superb seven-seater body is a very remarkable example of quality rendered exceptionally attractive by its comparatively low first cost.

In the £1,000 class of cars, the 25hp Sunbeam is so pre-eminent as to render choice no difficult matter.' Full marks to the enthusiastic copywriter .

The delightful 25hp on offer here does indeed date from 1930, and was first register...