>> Talbot Horizon,
>> My dad had one of those things as his first ever new car back in
>> 1983; he'd had Fords before but wanted to support the local Peugeot dealer where two
>> family members worked. Mum loved the seats, I hated pretty much everything about it from
>> its rattly gutless engine (I really did think he'd bought a diesel when I first
>> heard it) to the appalling gearchange and wallowy handling which made an Austin Maxi feel
>> like a Lotus by comparison.
>>
We had one of those too. My dad wanted his employee to go for a Renault 14 (remember them?) as his Co. car but the employee chose the Horizon, and then shortly after left dad's company, so the car was farmed out to my mum. Yes, comfortable seats, but low-geared steering and wallowy handling, as you say! I spun it in the ice a few years later, taking an Allegro out in the process. Happy days!
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