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Talbot Avenger

1970 – 1981 — Great Britain

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The Hillman Avenger, later known as the Chrysler and Talbot Avenger, was a rear-wheel drive small family car manufactured between 1970 and 1981. Initially produced by the Rootes division of Chrysler Europe at the Ryton-on-Dunsmore plant in England, production later moved to the Linwood facility near Glasgow, Scotland. The Avenger was a significant model as it was the only car developed by Rootes following the Chrysler takeover in 1967. In North America, the Avenger was sold as the Plymouth Cricket and was notable as the first Plymouth model to feature a four-cylinder engine since the 1932 Model PB. The transition of the Avenger to different badges - Chrysler and Talbot - occurred as