Anyone know the name of the Talbot Horizon special edition quite late on in the UK

[SambaS]

Mine was white, I seem to remember a pink and or green decal on the rear pillar but that's about it.

 

Used to go up the scrappy as a kid and the lads would race it up and down the lane, eventually I bought it off them but before it was delivered to me it got smashed up :/

 

A similar story with a Samba sparked the current obsession with them, I'm surprised at myself not being the same way with Horizons.

 

It wasn't a Pullman or Silver Fox

 

or a Summertime or a Special, or a Jubilee

 

 

Maybe I just dreamt it. I was 14 or younger, maybe it was just a white Horizon

 

Not a GT

 

[theorganist]

According to my sources the last limited or special editions were the summertime and the Pullman. In July 85 a low cost le was introduced with bodyside coach lines.

 

HTH

 

I really want a Horizon!

[crapcarcollector]

I thought it was the Equippe..... But then again I know nothing.

[Richard]

Equipe was an Allegro special edition.

[srad34]

Equipe was an Allegro special edition.

Who could forget that erm special....

[theorganist]

Trio?

 

I think the trio was a Talbot Samba special edition, I may be wrong.

 

According to my 1988 Parkers Guide which lists the special editions the Pullman and Summertime were the last special/limited editions. 

 

I suppose it could have been a localised dealer special.....maybe?

[sco14]

Trio?

This was a 205.

[jbz2079]

One of my mates had a Horizon it was a family car, W reg green 1.1.

I never rated then when I was younger all because they all sounded tappety and knackered from nearly new.

I was busy deluding myself with B.L. shite, Mini's, Allegro's and Marina's.

 

We had occasion to take the Horizon on a long motorway trip and used it all weekend while away and returned home again on Sunday night.

From dreading the experiance, I had a totaly different opinion of the car when we came home.

 

It was quiet and the seats were comfortable, yes it rolled a lot but seemed to hang on long after a Marina would have had you up the dyke.

It would cruise at 80mph except on the bigger hills and was doing well over 40mpg.

 

How could I fail to be impressed.

That car went on to cover a huge mileage, as everyone in their large family learned to drive in it and used the car.

Appart from regular servicing and tyres it just went on and on till it got expensive to mot and there was talk of it needing welding for it's next one.

 

All my BL shite was rusty from day one, often needed rebuilding between mot's and things like fuel senders, flasher units and major parts like fuel tanks used to fail regularly.

 

For my sins I became a Citroen fan and have had  Dyanne, BX, Zantia, C5 and now a C3.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I think it was called an 'ULTRA'

 

http://www.forum-auto.com/automobiles-mythiques-exception/section5/sujet387565.htm

[oman5]

These went through a phase of being utterly worthless in the early '90s then they seemed to all vanish almost overnight.  I like 'em.

[RedSparrow]

LD?
http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/facts-and-figures/essays/in-memoriam/in-memoriam-talbot-horizon-ld/

 

LE or GLE?
 

 

Commencing with the 1984 model year, all Horizons with the exception of the 1118 cc engined models were built with the excellent Peugeot 5 speed BE1 gearbox. In the UK these cars were marketed as Series 2 Horizons, and the GLS model was deleted. Final changes were made in October 1984 when the French cars received deeper bodyside mouldings, new instrument graphics and revised upholstery. A full range of Horizon models was still available for the European markets, including the GLS and Premium. For the UK market just two versions of the new range were available from April 1985, these being the 1294 cc LX and 1442 cc GLX. Both models were well equipped, the GLX having power steering, central locking and tinted glass.

In June 1985 these two cars were joined by two limited edition models. These were the 1118 cc LE, with a 4 speed gearbox, and the 1294 cc GLE, with the 1294 cc engine and 5 speed box. The interior trim was much simpler than on the LX and GLX models. Production of Horizons finished in both France and the UK in the summer of 1985, with 842,078 cars built. By the end of 1985 all the limited edition cars had been sold, leaving only the LX listed as being available in 1986. By June of that year these had been sold and the Horizon's replacement, the Peugeot 309, was on the market. Part of the Simca tradition continued, as the 1118 cc and 1294 cc engines were used in a number of 309 models.

http://www.simcatalbotclub.org/thorizon.htm

 

 

From wikipedia:
 

The UK Horizon was available in the following trim levels:

• 1100 GL
• 1100 GLE
• 1300 GL
• 1300 GL Auto
• 1300 LS
• 1300 LX
• 1300 GLX
• 1500 LE
• 1500 LS
• 1500 LS EXS
• 1500 GLS
• 1500 S
• 1500 SX Auto
• 1500 EX
• 1900 LD

Most models were available with 4 or 5-speed gearboxes, which were initially a carry-over of the Simca gearbox, and then later the PSA BE gearbox. Automatic transmission was available on most 1500 models, and was standard equipment on the 1500 SX model.

Some limited editions were:

• 1500 "Pullman" top of range model. This had upmarket trim and a design of alloy wheel similar to the Lotus Sunbeam and a wider tyre. The Pullman also had radio upgrade with 4 speakers, and rear seatbelts. Most had beige over brown metallic, two-tone paintwork. Around 20% of the Pullman models were two tone silver and blue.
• 1300 "Summertime Special" This had red plastic trim in place of the usual black.
• 1500/1300 "Ultra" (1985) an upmarket high-spec car in silver metallic, had its name 'ULTRA' on the front wings in black lettering. Ultra had grey velour interior with red piping.
• 1500 "Silver Fox" which had two tone paintwork half silver, half blue metallic.

[SambaS]

Trio?

Trio would make sense but Horizon was never available as a Trio... whatever the decal is on the first picture in this thread is what I have in my head, I think that car just has random decals all over it.

 

Definitely not an Ultra as that has a graphic all the way down the side of it.

[Alexg]

It may have been a dealer special

[londonm]

I think you're all looking at life through rose tinted spectacles, these cars were generally disliked by most of my mates at the time. Tin and plastic, with rattling small engines that rusted very quickly. I think they should have a concourse one at The National Motor Museum just as a record, but I don't lose sleep not seeing them around any more because they never struck me as being well built or noteworthy in any way. It's probably wht there's so little of them left. By 1985 they looked frankly ridiculous next to a 205 or Golf.

[theorganist]

My friend's brother had one and it was a very quiet and comfortable with a smooth ride. The rattling engines were a lot noisier outside than they were inside!

[Dick Cheeseburger]

My dad replaced his '79 Horizon (which was preceded by an early Chrysler Alpine) with an '82 Ultra Horizon in super shiny black. Apart from dog-heavy steering, I think he generally enjoyed the driving experience and from what I remembered it was quite a good looking car, considering it was the early 80's. In fact, considering Ford had only just replaced the mk2 Escrot with the mk3, it looked a keen competitor in the family hatch marketplace. Shame the competitors upped their game rapidly, and Talbot.....didn't. 

 

 

 

Ok, I cheated a bit here, but it looks gr@eight... 

[Charlie Croker]

I think it was the ULTRA.

[trigger]

 

 

I saw an "Ultra" today at a show!

[Grundig]

.... Is it the Petula Clark sport ?? - Ideal for nippin Downtown 

[e287yba]

I think you're all looking at life through rose tinted spectacles, these cars were generally disliked by most of my mates at the time. Tin and plastic, with rattling small engines that rusted very quickly. I think they should have a concourse one at The National Motor Museum just as a record, but I don't lose sleep not seeing them around any more because they never struck me as being well built or noteworthy in any way. It's probably wht there's so little of them left. By 1985 they looked frankly ridiculous next to a 205 or Golf.

 

 

One noteworthy point is that this was the car to introduce the PSA XUD engine to the masses (XUD9 in this case) 31 years ago... Oddly, the sportiest Horizon evah (this side of the pond anyway, they had Golf engines stateside plus larger [and turbocharged] alternative engines later on) was the Diesel!

 

Odd how the dice roll sometimes .