1980 SUNBEAM TALBOT advertisement, Sunbeam Lotus Talbot, British advert

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Selling is an advertisement page for:
Talbot Sunbeam Lotus
from 1980
This advertisement page is by the British Chrysler company (I think!)
The ad has a color photo of the 1980 Talbot Sunbeam Lotus, a 2-door hatchback. There is a smaller photo of the Lotus engine.
Ad text starts “The power of freedom” and continues on about the car and engine.
Partially quoting Wikipedia “Chrysler had also commissioned the sports car manufacturer and engineering company Lotus to develop a strict rally version of the Sunbeam. The resulting Sunbeam Lotus was based on the Sunbeam 1.6 GLS, but fitted with stiffer suspension, larger anti-roll bar and a larger transmission tunnel. The drivetrain comprised an enlarged 2172 cc version of the Lotus 1973 cc 907 engine, a 16V slant four engine (the Sunbeam version being type 911, similar to Lotus 912), along with a ZF gearbox, both mounted in the car at Ludham airfield close to the Lotus facility in Hethel, Norfolk, where the almost-complete cars were shipped from Linwood. Final inspection, in turn, took place in Stoke, Coventry.
The Sunbeam Lotus was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in April 1979, but the road-going version of the rally car was not actually ready for deliveries to the public until after the rebranding, and thus became the Talbot Sunbeam Lotus. At first these were produced mostly in black and silver, although later models came in a moonstone blue and silver (or black) scheme. The car saw not only enthusiastic press reviews, but also much success in the World Rally Championship - in 1980, Henri Toivonen won the 29th Lombard RAC Rally in one, and in 1981 the Sunbeam Lotus brought the entire Manufacturer Championship to Talbot.”
This ad is full page, approx. 8.5” x 11”, carefully removed from a 1980 British magazine.
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