Talbot
Talbot
TALBOT HORIZON
5-door 5-seater hatchback saloon.
Another re-badged Chrysler-France car, also built in UK from early eighties. Hatchback style only, chunkily detailed. All with transversely-mounted front engines and front-wheel drive, closely related to those in the Alpine (see below). Torsion bar suspension, all-independent, with several graduated trim packs. No 1.6-litre petrol, or diesel engined options here in the seventies.
Technical Specifications
Engine
1118cc/1294cc/1442cc/1592cc (S4 OHV) 1905cc Diesel (S4 OC)
Configuration
Front engine, front-wheel drive
Production dates
1979 to 1985
Number produced
51,320 in UK to mid '85