New from Altaya/Ixo

Originally designed by Simca (owned at that time by Chrysler), the Tagora was eventually marketed as a Talbot when Peugeot (owner of the Talbot brand) took over Chrysler France. Peugeot decided to amend the original Simca design by replacing some Simca mechanical parts by Peugeot 505 parts.
the Tagora didn't sell well as Peugeot saw it as a competitor for their 604

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http://www.database43.com/main/images/hobbytalk/tagora_2.jpg (http://www.database43.com/)

For some strange reason, I always liked the Tagora - I bought the black version from China a few weeks ago. There is also one in white, I think the black one is an Altaya France version & the white is from the Spanish "cars of the '80s " series.

I didn't know this car existed. But I remember Talbot Solara and I think it was very similar to this one. I'm really glad that there is so much variety in 1/43 scale.

This sold poorly in the UK when I was a child -I saw a few but very few. The Chrysler/Simca 180 was a sales success compared to this ,and we didnt see many of those either....But there were plenty of Alpines,Solaras,Avengers,Horizons,Sunbeams,Imps & Hunters on the roads in the 1970s and 1980s