The newly formed STD Motors awarded their three marques—Sunbeam, Talbot and Darracq—the honor of a racing effort in 1921-’22. Sunbeam fared the best with a victory in the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy that awarded them the “TT” sobriquet.
News of a powerful new alliance in the automobile world broke in June of 1920. One of its constituents was the Sunbeam Motor Car Company, founded in England in 1905. In 1909, it acquired a new designer and chief engineer, Frenchman Louis Coatalen. Another participant in the alliance was A. Darracq & Company. Previous combinations found it producing autos under the Talbot marque in Britain and Darracqs in France—to simplify a highly complex train of events—their 1920 combination was STD Motors, of which Louis Coatalen was director of competitions.
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