In the 1930s, Anthony Lago teamed up Giuseppe Figoni to create the Talbot-Lago Teardrop, one of the most elegant cars ever made. Leading up to the postwar period, Figoni and Lago resumed collaboration and reinterpreted their classic Teardrop design for this one-of cabriolet.

To pay the racing bills that Anthony Lago racked up developing and fielding Talbot racing cars, he sold sporting chassis. The most prolific of these was the T23 which was built in different wheelbases and featured either a three our four cylinder engine. Some special models came with the hemispherical T150C SS cylinder heads.

Despite being largely pieced together by pre-war components, the Talbot-Lago T26 raced for six years and took many victories. Most of these were taken with the striking T26C in Grand Prix, but the most remarkable achievement was an overall win at the 24 Hours of LeMans with a thinly disguised T26C.

Founded in 1903, Clement Talbot Ltd primarily imported the French Clement cars to Britain. Before the 1914 war, Talbots were built and sold under their own name starting with the 1905 Talbot 16hp which was the first all-British model. A highlight for the marque came when Percy Lambert drove a 25hp Talbot 100 miles within an hour at the 1913 Brooklands race track in Surrey.

One of the immediate post-war cars that received notoriety for its speed was the T26 Grand Sport (GS). It was built for either racing or luxury and benefited directly from Talbot's successful T26C Grand Prix car. As such it was expensive, rare and helped Louis Rosier win the LeMans 24 Hour race.

Of the few cars described as rolling sculpture, the Talbot-Lago Teardrop by Figoni et Falaschi is the oldest and most frequently praised as such. During its era, the teardrop, also known as the 'Goutte d'Eau', was one of the select few automobiles that both redefined automotive style and won top-level races. Having successfully combined racing function and elegant form, the Teardrop became trend s...

Talbot-Lago are best known for their sweeping teardrop coupes by Figoni et Falaschi, but this Pourtout design is a decidedly different take on the same theme. Both these striking designs are built on the exclusive T150 SS chassis which, in its time, was very expensive, only produced in small numbers and demanded the best bodies available in France.