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Tagora · Thema —
the unexpected guests

Eleven marques fitted the PRV — and two of them stand apart from the founding trio's orbit: the short-lived Talbot Tagora, with the most powerful 2.7-litre of the family, and the Lancia Thema 6V, the only Italian of the list.

166
BHP · TAGORA
147–150
BHP · THEMA 6V
11
PRV MARQUES IN ALL
The two guests

A French meteor and an Italian saloon

Talbot Tagora · 166 bhp

The big Talbot saloon took the 2,664 cc PRV on carburettors — at 166 bhp, the most powerful version of the 2.7-litre ever fitted to a road car, ahead even of the Alpine A310's 150 bhp.

Lancia Thema 6V · 147-150 bhp

The only Italian among the eleven PRV marques: the Thema 6V used the electronically-injected 2,849 cc ZN3J — the same code as the Peugeot 505 V6.

The engine family

The ZN3J and its relatives are detailed in the Peugeot codes file.

Beyond the trio

A V6 that travelled well

Beyond Peugeot, Renault and Volvo, the Douvrin V6 found its way into eight other marques — from these two Europeans to the American DeLorean, Eagle and Dodge. The full 26-car table is on the Vehicles page.

The American chapter has its own file: Eagle Premier, Eagle Medallion, Dodge Monaco.

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TWO MARQUES OUTSIDE THE FOUNDING TRIO'S ORBIT
2664
CM³ · TAGORA
2849
CM³ · THEMA
ZN3J
SHARED WITH 505

The transatlantic chapter

Eagle Premier, Eagle Medallion, Dodge Monaco: the PRV in America.