August 24th 2026

1000hp Sunbeam LSR breaks cover at Pebble Beach

History came roaring back to life on the lawn at Pebble Beach last weekend as the Sunbeam 1000hp World Land Speed record breaker, the first-ever Earth-bound machine to go over 200mph, launched its North American tour with a visit to Monterey’s Car Week and a debut appearance at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

The history-making twin-engined Sunbeam was fully restored by the staff at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu in Hampshire, UK as part of a fund raising effort to support the next chapter in the history of the prestigious museum.

Powered by two colossal 22.4-liter Matabele V-12 aero engines, the British engineering icon will return to Daytona Beach, Fla., in 2027, to mark 100 years since it broke the 200mph Land Speed Record.

The car was displayed as the headline entry in the Pebble Beach Special Curated Class at the 75th anniversary event and was greeted enthusiastically by the crowd on the Pebble Beach lawn as there was no mistaking the sound of the powerplants as they roared to life.

The focus of the Museum’s fundraising efforts will now shift to raising funds for the Sunbeam 1000hp to be further displayed in the U.S. and subsequently back in Great Britain in 2027. The aim is to raise funds to enable the Museum to undertake further restoration projects, and deliver high-quality learning, educational and community initiatives.

The car was joined at Pebble Beach by two staff members from the Museum workshop team; Senior Engineer Ian Stanfield and the workshop apprentice Aaron Burton, who have both worked on the restoration. Additionally, Sunbeam 1000hp Project Patron Martin Braybrook and Jon Murden, National Motor Museum chief executive and Lord Montagu of Beaulieu were on hand to represent the Museum at the prestigious event in California.

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