- WB Grand Sport chassis (2,650 mm) Grand Sport engine (190 bhp @ 4,200 rpm) One of only two examples with a low-roof design Star of the Paris Motor Show in 1948 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance – Best of Show nominee in 2024 Awarded the HMA Award for the world’s best vehicle restoration in 2024
Engine: 4,482 cc twin-cam inline six-cylinder engine, three Zentih-Stromberg carburetors
The chassis 110101 was the first T26 Grand Sport chassis to leave the Talbot-Lago factory in Suresnes, a suburb of Paris, on July 10, 1948.
The original buyer and first owner subsequently commissioned Saoutchik to create this extraordinary low-roof fastback coupé. The result was a vehicle of dramatic and extravagant proportions — an undisputed masterpiece of French coachbuilding. Few automobiles in history have come as close to the idea of the automobile as sculpture as this Grand Sport with Saoutchik coachwork. With its bold aerodynamic profile and uncompromising artistic vision, the Saoutchik coupé is rightly regarded as a highlight of post-war French automotive design.
