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Welcome to Matt's History of the
Talbot Samba, 1981 - 1985
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On 1 Jan 80, the society Chrysler France changed its name to the society of Automobiles Talbot. Six months later, for model year 81, the name SIMCA was permanently abandoned, for the benefit of the sole remaining name, Talbot. Within a few years, all of the "Talbotized" SIMCAs became extinct. At the end of 1980, it was finally decided, for economic reasons, Jean-Paul Pareyre, President of Direction for Groupe PSA announced, to fuse the commercial resources of Talbot and of Peugeot and the decision to abandon, between 1981 and 1983, 3/4 of the 488 Talbot showrooms (and all of the agents that were ex-Chrysler France, ex-SIMCA).
Launched in April, 1980, the Talbot-SIMCA Solara was the first vehicle to carry the
Talbot "T" in the middle of its grille! In 1981, the factory at Poissy was restructured after the termination of some 4,000 employees, meeting, understandably, with the grave political duress in 1982 and 1983, repercussions in all the media, and the tarnishment of the "T" in the circle compromised the launch of the new line (the Samba).
The Samba was introduced in Oct 1981 and was the last new Talbot ever. The Samba was a small, front-wheel-drive hatchback which was a rebadged and slightly redesigned Peugeot 104.
In 1984, Talbot did get two unique versions: a Cabriolet and the Rallye, with a hot, 80 hp, 1360cc motor. The regular Samba's were available with 954cc, 1124cc, and 1360cc
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