1990 Eagle Talon TSi review from North America

Talons are the biggest piece of CRAP, two of my friends had the same car and they say the same thing as I do...CRAP. keep in mind that I never beat on this car, use synthetic oil and maintain it very well, but I stopped driving it and bought an ACURA, am in the process of selling the talon.

A month after buying the car the AWD failed and we all know how much that is to replace.

Complete suspension is crap.

Brakes and rotors are crap.

E-brake cable snapped.

Power windows barely work.

Brand new timing belt somehow snapped, causing all my valves to shatter, new head gasket, head got shaved.

A/C stopped working, belt somehow snapped.

Gone through 2 water pumps.

3 alternators.

4 battery's.

Have to use a wood stick to hold up rear latch.

Leaks oil all over the driveway, forced to park on the street.

Nomatter what I do, the transmission grinds from first to second and second to third and they all grind if you shift faster then your grandma.

Check engine light won't go off and turbo gauge stopped working.

Turbo has never worked right so I changed it, put brand new one in and that ones a piece of crap aswell.

Changed radiator twice.

Engine always smells like burning oil and the interior always smells like fried electronics.

Reminder that I treat this car like gold.

Although this car is very unreliable its still very fun to drive.

Talons are fast cars if you have the 195hp and traction off the line is amazing with the AWD no-matter what the weather is like.

Cause of the small displacement, you won't feel the pull as much and a V8.

Anyone who says there stock talon can outrun a stock fox style 5L mustang must be racing someone who can drive a mustang cause my brother has one and off the line the talon holds its own, but could never beat one through the 1/4 mile. We own 2 performance shops so we know how to drive.

Anyways talons are cool little cars, but reliability is not something that comes with it when you buy one.

I own an acura 3.2cl, and a 2002 lincoln navigator, and a 2003 ninja zx6r and the talon is the only vehicle that isn't in my driveway.