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SUNBEAM ALPINE IV S

· Generation

Source and record

Swiss Typenschein type approval (pre-1985)

Official source: ASTRA (Federal Roads Office), type-approval overview table (pre-1985)

: Brand and model come from the official catalogue.

Data as of: 2026-08-01

This page describes a vehicle configuration (type/variant/version), not an individual vehicle.

Original document

Open PDF in a new tab · Official scan of the type approval. Source: FEDRO (Federal Roads Office), served from our archive holdings.

Vehicle stock in Switzerland

16 actively registered

Colours

  • White7
  • Red4
  • Green2
  • Yellow1
  • Blue1
  • Black1

Cantons

  • 4
  • 2
  • 2
  • 2
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1

First registration by year

  • 19643
  • 196512
  • 19681

Vehicle category

Most common value in Swiss registrations

  • Passenger car

Fuel

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • Petrol

Body form

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • Offen · No official English label

Drivetrain

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • Rear-wheel drive

Gearbox

  • Manual
  • Automatic

Axles

  • 2

Cylinders

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • 4

Postcodes

  • 42..
  • 13..
  • 18..
  • 25..
  • 45..
  • 49..
  • 55..
  • 60..
  • 63..
  • 67..
  • 69..
  • 82..
  • 85..
  • 87..
  • 88..

VIN prefixes

  • B9404013.....
  • B9404433.....
  • B9405253.....
  • B9405772.....
  • B9405973.....
  • B9406089.....
  • B940748...
  • B94101908.....
  • B94101929.....
  • B94101998.....
  • B94102185.....
  • B94102261.....
  • B94102404.....
  • B94102434.....
  • B94102565.....
  • B94103766.....

Key data

Marke
SUNBEAM
Marke und Typ
SUNBEAM ALPINE SERIE IV S
Treibstoffcode
B ·
Hubraum
1590
Zylinder
4
Leistung kW
0
Fahrzeugart
001
Karosserieform
175
Antrieb
H
Bestand in Verkehr
17
Bestand ausser Verkehr
122

Field labels are the German originals of ASTRA's overview table (pre-1985); no official translations exist for this corpus ("Lien RT" is the official French label of the French scan).

Typenschein – all fields

TG
4596A
Link TG
Official scan (ASTRA portal)
Lien RT
Official scan (ASTRA portal)
Erstellung
vor / avant 10.03.2004
TG-Format
1. Generation
Marke
SUNBEAM
Marke und Typ
SUNBEAM ALPINE SERIE IV S
Markencode
5088
Fahrzeugart
001
Karosserieform
175
Treibstoffcode
B ·
Leistung kW
0
Hubraum
1590
Zylinder
4
Antrieb
H
Sitze von
2
Sitze bis
2
Gesamtgew. von
1290
Gesamtgewicht bis
1.290
Bestand in Verkehr
17
Bestand ausser Verkehr
122