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- The Sunbeam Tiger MK1 featured a Ford small-block 260.1 cubic inch V-8 engine with a Ford two-barrel carburetor. The overhead-valve motor had a cast iron block and head with five main bearings on the crankshaft. Its bore and stroke was 3.8 inches by 2.87 inches with a compression ratio of 8.8:1.
- The Tiger MK1 produced 164 horsepower at 4,400 rpm with 258 pound-feet of torque at 2,200 rpm. Its engine was rated at 38.5 hp per liter. The car would go from 0 to 60 mph in 7.8 seconds and from 0 to 100 in 23.7 seconds. It would do a 16-second quarter mile. Its top end speed was 118 mph.
- A synchromesh Borg-Warner manual four-speed transmission was standard on the MK1, which offered an optional automatic. The car had a steel unibody and used the chassis and body platform of the Series III Sunbeam Alpine. It employed rack and pinion steering. The 2,564-pound MK1 was 156 inches long, 60.5 inches wide and 51.5 inches tall with an 86-inch wheelbase.
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