Humber Sceptre

The original Humber Sceptre, appearing in 1964, was an upmarket version of the Hillman Super Minx.

The Humber Sceptre announced in 1967 was based on the Hillman Hunter.

The Humber Sceptre name has been applied to three generations of motor cars from the British manufacturer the Rootes Group (now defunct), using the Humber marque, between 1961 and 1976.

For the first & second generations, see Hillman Super Minx.

For the third generation, see Rootes Arrow.

The name was first used when the Rootes Group was still independent, and Chrysler retained it - along with the Humber marque - when taking over Rootes in 1965. However, it was finally discontinued - along with the Hillman marque - in September 1976 when the whole British range was rebranded Chrysler.

However, the Sceptre name had re-appeared by 1990 as a special edition on SRi versions of the Peugeot 205, 405 and 605; Peugeot had bought Chrysler's European operations (which also included French carmaker Simca) in 1978 and rebranded the whole European Chrysler range under reborn the Talbot marque.

External links

• Post Vintage Humber Car Club
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• British Humber Sceptre Mk1 Site

A rare 1964 Diesel Humber Sceptre