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Talbot-Lago

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Automobile manufacturer (1920–1959)

Talbot-Lago was a French automobile manufacturer based in Suresnes, Hauts de Seine, outside Paris. The company was owned and managed by Antonio Lago, an Italian engineer that acquired rights to the Talbot brand name after the demise of Darracq London's subsidiary Automobiles Talbot France in 1936. Under Lago's managing, the company produced a range of automobiles that included sport and racing cars; in some cases, the bodies of the vehicles were designed by coachbuilding companies such as Figoni et Falaschi.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1936Founded1
  • Industryautomotive industry1
  • HeadquartersSuresnes1
  • Legal formS.A.1

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TalbotT120Roadster
Photo: Späth Chr., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons5

Talbot-Lago was a French automobile manufacturer based in Suresnes, Hauts de Seine, outside Paris. The company was owned and managed by Antonio Lago, an Italian engineer that acquired rights to the Talbot brand name after the demise of Darracq London's subsidiary Automobiles Talbot France in 1936.2

The story

Founded by Antonio Lago in 1936.1

Although the proliferation of cars types and model names that followed Lago's acquisition of the business is at first glance bewildering, it actually involved only four standard chassis lengths as follows:

Short chassis (2,950 mm (116.1 in) wheelbase):

Minor T4 (4 cylinders, 2323 cc)

Junior 11

Baby-15 (6 cylinders, 2696 cc)

Baby 3 litres (6 cylinders, 2996 cc)

T150 3 litres (6 cylinders, 2996 cc)

Baby 4 litres (6 cylinders, 3996 cc)

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Lago Spécial (6 cylinders, 3996 cc with twin or triple carbs)

Extra short chassis (2,650 mm (104.3 in) wheelbase):

Lago SS (6 cylinders, 3996 cc with triple carbs)

Normal chassis (3,200 mm (126.0 in) wheelbase):

Cadette-15 (6 cylinders, 2696 cc)

Major 3 litres (6 cylinders, 2996 cc)

Major 4 litres (6 cylinders, 3996 cc)

Long (7-seater) chassis (3,450 mm (135.8 in) wheelbase):

Master 3 litres (6 cylinders, 2996 cc)

Master 4 litres (6 cylinders, 3996 cc)

During the early years of the war, Walter Becchia left Talbot to work for Citroën. In 1942 Lago was joined by another engineer, Carlo Machetti, and from then the two of them were working on the twin camshaft 4483 cc six-cylinder unit that would lie at the heart of the 1946 Talbot T26.

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Timeline

  1. 1959Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1936Founded Founded1

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