Talbot: The Wandering Badge

By Jack Mercer

For over eight decades, the Talbot name journeyed across borders, ownerships, and identities-emerging at different times as a symbol of racing prestige, luxury craftsmanship, humble practicality, and corporate survival. From its Anglo-French origins in the early 1900s to its spectacular Grand Prix triumphs of the 1930s, from post-war endurance racing to its unlikely resurrection under Chrysler and PSA Peugeot-Citro n, Talbot's story reflects the evolution of the global automotive industry itself.

This meticulously researched history traces Talbot's highs and lows: its golden age of coachbuilt elegance, its victorious years on racing circuits and rally stages, its industrial struggles, and its final fade into dormancy. Along the way, it brings to life the people, machines, and moments that shaped a badge which, though often overlooked, remains one of the most fascinating in automotive heritage.

Through wars, mergers, and technological revolutions, Talbot was a name that never quite stood still. This is the definitive chronicle of the wandering badge-an emblem that traveled far, changed often, and left behind a legacy still remembered by collectors, historians, and enthusiasts around the world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1923545256
• ISBN13: 9781923545250
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"