Hi from Burnley

by judithh Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:41 am

HI everyone, Getting my Autosleeper later this week, but glad to have found this forum for friends, help and advice. wave

PS Can anyone explain why it is called a fiat talbot... I thought it had to be either a fiat or a talbot?

by burlingtonboaby Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:08 am

hi judithh
Welcome to the forum from a grey day in Bridlington.
boaby wave

by deckie Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:47 am

Judithh,

Welcome to the forum,

Brian & Chris

by peugeotboxer Mon Jul 02, 2012 12:26 pm

Hi judithh

Welcome to the forum

PB

by **roli** Mon Jul 02, 2012 12:37 pm

Its either a Fiat or a Talbot badged chassis.

The company that made yours and makes current range is a consortium of Fiat and Pugeot Citroen (Sevil - never sure on spelling)

If the van is an Auto Sleeper it is almost certainly a Talbot Express and probably either a Talisman, Executive, Harmony, Symphony Conversion.
The base vehicles prior to conversion to motorhomes look the same and the generation you are buying probably had a different engine to the Fiat Ducato 1 version, but most others things are probably the same.

Other manufacturers did use the Fiat chassis in that era

The model that replaced yours known as the Pugeot Boxer, Fiat Ducato, Citroen Relay. The current current models are known as X250s in all brands

Hope all goes well with the purchase and dont be frightened of asking how things work when you pick it up. Some people are better than others at handovers.

by stuartneale1 Mon Jul 02, 2012 12:47 pm

Hello, and welcome East Yorkshire drinksallround

As for your question about Fiat / Talbot

I think Fiat are the makers, Talbot if just the model Nothing to do with the now defunct car maker Talbot which again I think is actually owned by Peugeot .

Stuart