The Nostalgia of Forgotten Gods: Talbot, France, 1903-1987

The story of Talbot begins in 1903 when Frenchman Adolphe Clément received financial support from the English nobleman Lord Charles Chetwynd-Talbot to import French Clément-Bayard cars into the UK. In the early 1900s, the name Clément-Talbot was used until the outbreak of World War I, which caused a financial crisis for the company. Darracq, another French car manufacturer, rescued it in 1919 and acquired the English Sunbeam the following year, creating the STD Group (Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq). Talbot production continued in both France and England.