309 Design Team

I was wondering if anyone knew the details of the design team of the
309?

I understand it's a bastardised Talbot/Simca/Peugeot model but I would
still be curious to know who was responsible for it.. (not in a
malicious way!!)

Sadly I've owned quite a few of these and they've all been reliable and
good workhorses..

any ideas?

thanks

mat grove
309 owner (still)

 

It was a bit of an odd car, but in a good way.

I always thought that if you squinted a lot the 306 looks like a rounded off
Talbot Horizon.

 

Peter Chant wrote :

The Talbot Horizon is 'genetically linked' to the 306, so maybe there's
something in that: similar geometry, but less angles.

A 5-door 106 looks like a mini 5-door 306.

306 is a Pininfarina design: not sure about the 309, although it does
have 205 design cues (also Pininfarina)... but the 309 is a bit boxy
for an Italian design?

 

Hi,

Yeah, the 309 was a Talbot design, I even was told it was originally sold as
a Talbot.
Technically speaking it's a bit like a long wheelbase 205, many common
parts. Here there was a 309 with the G1A which was not available in the 205,
though.

The 309 was built in Poissy, previously the SIMCA (which became Talbot when
PSA bought the european divisions of Chrysler in 1980 - Rootes in UK, IMO)
plant.

Regards,
G.T
205 Diesel & turbo-Diesel : www.205d.com

 

thanks .. I understand it was one of the models built in the UK also ..
one of the first peugoet ones anyway..

It's always interesting to know a bit of the background ..

 

According to rootes-chrysler.co.uk it was designed by former chrysler-simca
team as a successor to their Simca Horizon miodel after Peugeot took over
the ownership and rebadged the company to Talbot.

More here: http://www.rootes-chrysler.co.uk/car-development/dev-horizon.html