The 'Talbot' name was given to car manufacture by an English Lord who went into business with Frenchman Clement-Bayard in 1903, producing English-sold 'Clement-Talbot' cars and French-sold 'Clement-Bayard' cars. The Rootes Group bought parts of STD in 1934, branding some of its own Hillman and Humber derived models as Talbots and then Sunbeam-Talbots. The French side of STD continued separately selling under the Talbot and Lago-Talbot names. But it was all over for French Talbots when SIMCA took over the company in 1959. After Peugeot bought up all of Chrysler Europe, including both SIMCA and Rootes bits, the 'Talbot' name (from both sides) was relaunched as a brand in 1979. Rebranding the Simca 1308/Chrysler Alpine as the Talbot Alpine, and placing 'Talbot' badges on the Chrysler Sunbeam and Chrysler Avenger. New products included the Talbot Solara, a booted version of the Alpine, and the ill-fated large Talbot Tagora. Talbot Sambas took chassis and mechanics from the Citroen LN, itself sired by the Peugeot 104/205. The Talbot Express van was a Transit-sized vehicle part of the IVECO model made with Fiat, Peugeot, Citroen and IVECO badges, and vans carried the 'Talbot' badge into 1992 long after the 1986 demise of Talbot cars