On with the brand mush
Started as Simca, ended as Talbot, the successor of a Hillman and the predecessor of a Peugeot: we continue with the Chrysler Europe brand mush that was also discussed last week. This time in that special theater: the Talbot Solara!
Last week, attention went to the Chrysler/Talbot/Simca Sunbeam, more specifically the Lotus version. In our opinion, that is the car that combines the most brand names ever in one car at the same time and on the same copy. At least the Talbot Solara that is being lifted onto the podium today is not taking part in that. With this car, at any given combination of time and place, it remained with one brand name per car, although a lot has happened in the six-year life of this model. The Talbot Solara was the four-door version of the Talbot 1510 from 1980. This was in turn a facelifted version of the Simca 1307, which went through life under a new name after the takeover of both brand names by PSA Peugeot/Citroën (from Chrysler Europe). went.
The Talbot Solara as such existed from 1980 to 1986. This light brown specimen dates from 1982 and was subsequently given a life that most other Solaras would kill for. The first owner kept it on until 2003, after which another transfer would not take place until 2022. Moreover, the car still looks very tight and is completely original, except for the universal and, as far as we are concerned, some unsightly hubcaps. The Solara gets bonus points for the almost completely faded dealer sticker on the rear window, the ‘NL’ on the tailgate and the yellow spotlights under the front bumper.
Although most Europeans will immediately see this car with the model name ‘Solara’, there was another brand with a T that had a Solara. That was Toyota, which put the sunny name on Camry-based coupes and convertibles between 1998 and 2008. In the US you sometimes see a Solara like this driving, but in Europe such a more modern Solara would definitely be In the Wild food.
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– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl