The dark tint of the windows worked really well with the black hood, roof, pillars and spoiler, creating a long and low apperance. The tiny back seat in these cars means you can call it a 2+2, but it's best treated as a 2-seater with extra luggage space in back.
Every year it gets easier and easier to spot the old cars I like. While there are fewer to stumble across, as they become more and more rare, the ones that are still on the road stand out even more. That was the case with this Eagle Talon I spotted a little while back. Its decidedly 90's shape jumped out at me from a parking lot, looking extremely out of place amongst the sea of modern cars and SUVs on the roads these days. Winter road salt and dirt dulled the paint a bit, but it is easy to see that a wash and a wax would have that bright red paint looking fantastic again. This car likely hasn't seen many winters, as anything else from that era that experienced year after year of salt has long since rotted away. To make this discovery even more exciting was the fact that it wasn't a simple base model Talon. It was instead the Eagle Talon TSi, which included a turbocharged 4-cylinder engine and all-wheel drive drivetrain. This model was one of the originals, produced in 1990 and 1991, as evidenced by the pop-up headlights; subsequent years featured integrated composite headlights. The dark tint of the windows worked really well with the black hood, roof, pillars and spoiler, creating a long and low apperance. The tiny back seat in these cars means you can call it a 2+2, but it's best treated as a 2-seater with extra luggage space in back. 195 horsepower is laughable today in a sporty car, but at the start of the 90's, it made the Talon TSi a relatively quick and entertaining coupe. Throw in the added grip of the AWD drivetrain, a feature few cars back then offered, and this Eagle was capable of hooking its talons securely into fast corners and powering out as the 16 valve turbo spooled up. Canadian winter isn't over anytime soon, so I doubt this driver will be out pushing their Eagle Talon TSi to its limits for a while yet. I sure hope, however, that this fun 90's sports coupe will get the chance to spread its wings and claw its way around some challenging roads once spring finally decides to hit.
2 Comments
Paul
2/18/2020 07:58:05 pm
A friend pointed out this actually isn't the AWD model, simply the Turbo TSi... which kind of destroys the crux of my write-up... so that's embarassing...!
Reply
Simon
6/28/2022 07:03:02 pm
Such a nice post. You did the car so much justice with this work! I want to share a company that provide my overall auto care needs. "VP Autocare". https://vpautocare.com.au They have great mechanical servicing, with expertise in tyre services, as well as dyno tuning. Thanks again!
Reply
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWelcome! My name is Paul, and I am an old-fashioned, low-pressure, low-buck car fan with lots of automotive stories to tell! Archives
February 2020
|