At 04:48 PM 4/24/97 +1000, you wrote:
>Jarrid Gross (Yorba Linda, CA) wrote:
>>
>> In Europe, Sunbeam Talbot produced the Sunbeam Talbot Lotus,
>> which was actually a Lotus 911 powered Dodge Omni, which used
>> a 2.2 liter version of the above motor.
>
>I think, Jarrid, you have your post-Rootes Talbots mixed up. The Talbot
>Sunbeam family, of which the Lotus was a member, was derived from the
>Hillman Avenger. It was the Talbot Horizon which was based on the
>Omni/Plymouth Horizon as part of a Chrysler world car project. Despite
>appearances to the contrary, the Horizon and Sunbeam were completely
>different products (the Sunbeam had two less doors and IMO was better
>looking). I have seen this error in many books.
>
>See http://petrie.starway.net.au/~rmaddock/talsun.htm
>
>Russ Maddock
Lets also remember that it was the Lotus Talbot, supported by the
ex-Rootes Competition Department and Des O'Dell that won the 1981 World
Rally Championship. The next year Audi entered the competion with 4 wheel
drive, and changed the whole game.
Tom Hall
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