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Old 10-04-2008, 09:31 AM   #13 (permalink)
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(I always thought it was funny how the Talbot looked exactly like the Plymouth Horizon. Which came first?)
The Talbot came first, but not with any Lotus DNA. Talbot/Chrysler Horizon was first produced for Europe in 1977, the US version Plymouth Horizon came in 1978. The Talbot Sunbeam Lotus appeared at the Geneva Auto show in 1979.

The cars may look the same but don't really share much mechanically, apparently even the body panels are not interchangeable
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