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With ancestry stretching back to Chrysler Europe via Simca, the crypto-Peugeot 104-based Samba- the final vehicle to wear Talbot badges- may well be one of the most terrible European vehicles made during the 1980s. More »
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This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. We've seen a couple of Peugeots and a Renault in DOTSBE this week, so today we need to give equal time to a marque you rarely see on the North American street. Franzouse found this extremely rusty Simca 1100 while staggering home from a party one night, and had a Proustian flashback to his parents' old 1100. Make the jump and you shall see and read more about this car. More »
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Happy Bastille Day! In honor of the 219th anniversary of the symbolic beginning of modern France, our very own Frenchman Franzouse, has collected these photos from the "Course de Cote" vintage hill climb in St Geniez D'olt. Each car is a unique part of French rallying history, and the gallery includes a Renault R5 Turbo 2, a Citroen Visa rally car and a Talbot Sunbeam. And that's just what we can name off the top of our head. More »
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Yes kids, it's the car that turned Simca, for a brief, shining moment into the second-brightest sales star in the nighttime skies over Bordeaux: the Simca Aronde. It debuted in 1951, and eventually made a whopping 70hp via its Rush Super engine, which is possibly the third greatest engine name in history, behind Toyota's Twin Squish and Mopar's Super Commando. Then Chrysler took over and we ended up with the Dodge Omni. Which in turn gave us one of the rarest Shelbys of them all: The Rampage. – Davey G. Johnson More »
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The Dan over at The Forbes has come up with a list of ten cult cars you shouldn't be without. We're still pissed he specifically rejected the 2CV and the Fiat Jolly, because well, Cadillac Eldos attract the wrong women, and it takes too long to explain a Talbot T-150. The list? Post-jump. Click. More »
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The Talbot Wind could probably be fronted upon. After all, it's a subcompact with a pickup bed and a dorky name. It didn't sell all that well, and Talbots weren't exactly noted for their quality. But, but! It is an obscure factory-Camino shitbox, and due to Uncle Bumbeck's influence, we're falling in love with goofy subcompacts of the '70s and '80s, making the Wind a shoo-in for inclusion in our rapidly-expanding compendium of ElCo-type hits. More »
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Last week we wondered if Laverty was losing it his piece on the Ford Ka made us wonder if the ol' boy's mojo had gone off for a coffee break and never returned. Thankfully, he comes back today with a classic "Rubbish Cars We Love" piece on the Talbot Samba, which is about as far removed from a Talbot-Lago as one can get while still staying in the realm of items with four wheels and an internal combustion engine. Seriously, we've seen swankier riding mowers. But Laverty defends the wee rustbucket, and admits a special fondness for the 80hp Rallye Edition, exhorting, "Who gives a damn about a bit of rust when you can drive an eighty horsepower mayfly?" More »
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