In a message dated 97-03-07 08:15:53 EST, hamilton(at)cast.navnet.net (Bob
Hamilton) writes:
> I believe the name Alpine was used because of the success
>Rootes had in the 1950's in the Monte Carlo Rallies with the
>Sunbeam Talbot Saloons and the first Alpines in 1953. (I could
>also be mistaken!).
The Alpine name was used after the Rootes team (including Stirling Moss),
driving S-T 90's, took the Team Prize and other awards at the 1952 French
Alpine Rally.
Dick Sanders
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