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| Engine
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| Configuration |
Straight 6
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| Location |
Front, longitudinally mounted
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| Construction |
cast-iron block, alloy head
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| Displacement |
3,994 cc / 243.7 cu in |
| Bore / Stroke |
90.0 mm (3.5 in) / 104.5 mm (4.1 in)
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| Compression |
7.0:1 |
| Valvetrain |
2 valves / cylinder, OHV
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| Fuel feed |
3 Stromberg Carburettors
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| Aspiration |
Naturally Aspirated |
| Power |
170 bhp / 127 kW
@ 4,100 rpm
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| BHP/Liter |
43 bhp / liter |
| Drivetrain |
| Body |
aluminium and steel panels |
| Chassis |
steel box section frame |
| Front suspension |
wishbones, transverse leaf spring, friction dampers |
| Rear suspension |
live axle, semi-elliptic leaf springs, friction dampers |
| Steering |
worm-and-nut |
| Brakes |
cable operated drums, all-round |
| Gearbox |
Wilson preselector 4 speed Manual
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| Drive |
Rear wheel drive |
| Dimensions |
| Weight |
1,600 kilo / 3,527 lbs |
| Length / Width / Height |
4,300 mm (169.3 in) / 1,670 mm (65.7 in) / N/A
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| Wheelbase / Track (fr/r) |
2,650 mm (104.3 in) / 1,422 mm (56 in) / 1,486 mm (58.5 in)
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| Performance figures |
| Power to weight |
0.11 bhp / kg |
| Top Speed |
175 km/h (109 mph)
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| Auctions |
| Past sales |
- 2026 Gooding Christie’s Retromobile (6,755,000)
- 2022 RM Sotheby's Monterey ($7,265,000)
- 2022 Gooding & Co. Amelia Island ($13,425,000)
- 2017 RM Sotheby's Villa Erba (3,360,000)
- 2011 RM Auctions Villa Erba (3,136,000)
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| Resources |
| Suggested reading |
- Talbot, des Talbot-Darracq aux Talbot-Lago, by Alain Spitz
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