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carte grise française 6 cylindres culbutés 2438 cm3 Limousine 6 glazed Strapontins Original interior Good condition At the beginning of the 1920s, Talbot launched a range of four-cylinder cars with overhead valves, which were an immediate success. The boss, Owen Clegg, decided to go one step further and a six-cylinder engine was developed by his engineer Vincenzo Bertarione, with identical valve timing. This engine was to be produced in a number of displacements and served as the basis for the most popular Talbots until the early 1930s. Within this range, the K74 appeared in 1925, with a 2. 5-litre engine developing 58 bhp. In his book on the make, Alain Spitz reports that La Vie Automobile of 25 June 1929 reported that it had reached a top speed of 111 km/ h, a very respectable figure at a time when most passenger cars were limited to 80 km/ h. Talbots also had an above-average finish.
