Peugeot, a good brand of French production.
Simca - They started with Fiat and Chrysler ended up with.
The French Simca company was founded in November 1934 by Henri-Theodore Pigozzi to manufacture Fiat cars for the French market Simca The name is derived from the initials of the original company, Ste Industrial Machinery & Body Automotive headquartered social and factory in Nanterre on the Seine in Paris.
The plant in which the company began production had been the property of the SA motor Donnet, a company that from 1924 until his death in 1934, had built a number of cars under the names Donnet and Donnet, including a type of 7CV G which had a side-valve cylinder engine four 11OOcc and a four-speed gearbox 1924 and a model with two time 750cc in 1932.
Simca of early efforts were virtually identical to their Italian counterparts with the first model being the Tipo 508 Balilla powered by a 995cc engine three bearings, short race car had hydraulic brakes, gearbox synchromeshed four speeds and four pillarless body doors Simca sedan also produced their version of the Fiat model 1 9518 liters, which entered production in the French factory in 1935.
Shortly after, Fiat introduced the legendary 500 Topolino and built this Simca in France Simca Five The Five had a 570cc engine side valve four-cylinder front-mounted radiator; hydraulic brakes; synchromesh transmission, independent front suspension and a body up fabric roll two convertible seats At that time, in France, it sold for 9,900 francs a year later, in 1937, after Fiat had introduced the 508C Millicento with OHV 1,089cc engine of 32 hp and four bodies doors Simca product again their version in France and called the Eight.
This was the Simca Eight that Amédée Gordini developed in the 1930s in a car that was capable of winning with him at the wheel, the performance index in Le Mans in 1939 Gordini had already developed more highly tuned versions the other models in the 508 and Simca Five, increasing output to 28 bhp Gordini was also responsible for Simca versions of the 508 range winning sports car of the small race in Reims, the d Bowl Or and Paris to Nice Rally the same year.
Between 1936 and 1939 Simca production has steadily increased to a peak in 1938 and achieving the ambition of Pigozzi produce 20,000 cars in one year in 1936, the company built Simca 7.283 fives; in 1937 this figure rose to 12.925 fives and eight 318 Simca 1938 production figures were 6.739 14194 fives and eight A record production before the war, it was achieved despite a long 45-day strike that production totally paralyzed at the factory in Nanterre and all left the company in a precarious financial situation during its 1939 entry.
However, in 1939 managed to produce Simca Simca models 12.131 7.689 Five and eight Simca Until July the average output of 2000 cars per month, but in August, as the war clouds began to gather on the European continent, it dropped to 760 cars per month in September 1939, Germany invaded Poland and France declare war on Germany in June 1940 the German armed forces in Paris and a week later the French went pitty was made to the Simca factory and, indeed, the French company has continued to produce cars in gradually decreasing numbers throughout the war years.
In 1940, they produced 3,604 1,911 fives and eight; in 1942, 632 2217 fives and eight; 1944 23 fives and 180 eight and in 1945 47 fives and 65 eight in 1942 Simca joined the selling consortium French Automotive Group Baron Petiet with Delahaye and Delage, but the Company terminated this arrangement at the end of the war in 1947 Simca surged forward with 8.053 3733 fives and eights and introduces the Simca six, equivalent to valves 500C Decrees head and this built 11 of them at the same time built Simca six versions of Eight, the discoverable the sedan, the coupe, pause, Van and Transporter.
In 1948, production increased in 3901 fives, eight 14.074 and 191 sixes, but the company does not see higher production brand 20,000 before the war until a year later in 1949, the Five has been gradually eliminated from production and this year, the company produced only 221 Simca car units which had been in production for 13 years this figure of 26.614 units of final production of the year was largely composed of eight 15.580 and 10813 Sixes and in 1950 production increased on the 30,000 mark for the first time when 26 258 5497 and eight sixes came out of the factory.
The first Simca cars were built under license from Fiat, like Simca 1935 F11 on the basis Balilla.
Another built under license Fiat, Simca Five based on the Fiat 500 Topolino.
1949 Simca Eight, available in six different versions, but all used the same 1200cc engine.
Simca 1957 Grand Large 2-door of Aronde It was powered by a 1221cc engine.
1970 Simca 1301 The same car was also available in 1501 and wagon.
1970 Simca 1301 1294cc It was a special version, and probably should have had a name change to signify the bigger engine.
Chrysler 180, manufactured by Simca and propelled by an engine of 1812cc.
Gordini has resumed development work and race with Simca after the end of the war and continued to reproduce machines won the race until 1951 when it came out from under the umbrella Simca and established as a manufacturer of high performance cars in his own right in 1947 had developed gordini for Simca a unique sports car 1100cc places that had a number of successes on circuits including first, second and third place in the Cup of small cars in Reims the the following year saw cars with five crankshaft bearing and a victory in the Bol d or and a class victory in the 1948 Belgian 24-hour race.
Gordini subsequent efforts to Simca seen cars fitted with 1 liter power units and their victories resulted in the victory of Trintignant Grand Prix of Albi in 1951, 1949 saw the introduction of a Sport Cabriolet version of Eight and in 1950 the introduction of a coupe version of sports in 1949, a convertible sports guy won his category in the Rally of the Alps, while the following year, two eight standard took a pair of class wins in the Monte Carlo Rally year.
Spring a new following model was shown secretly to the Simca management - Simca 9 Although the engine of 45 hp that fitted was a modified form of the engine that had powered the Eight, the rest of the car was completely new and incorporated coil and wishbone independent suspension in the final drive and hypoid a big discussion followed the presentation of the car at the Simca map to an appropriate name for their new creation, and, subsequently, they decided on the name the dovetail This name was chosen because the symbol of the Simca brand was the swallow and the old french word for Swallow was the dove.
In June, the model was launched to the public and the production began in earnest in October after the plant was widely Nanterre new mass production machinery installed with modernized production Six ending at the end of the previous year, Simca turned efforts to produce about 30 000 Arondes the time they have left in 1951 to add to 20.568 units only other model they still occur, the eight from the moment of its launch, the Aronde was a success surprising and at the end of 1952 when production had been eliminated Eight, a simple 27 before finishing completely, producing the Aronde had reached a staggering 69.028 unit.
In 1953 and 1954, the Aronde was the only car Simca built, with increased production of 61.567 units in 1953 to 92.432 units in 1954 at which there were six versions of Aronde available including a Coupe de Ville model had 5 kph faster top speed than the standard 1221 cc version 1954, the Aronde was placed on the UK market at a list price of 896 in 1953, an Aronde realized the amazing performance to complete 100,000 km at a constant speed of 100 km h Aronde production continued until 1964 when only 21 units were built, with the 500,000th Aronde delivered in January 1957 and 1.000.000 in February 1960.
In 1955, the Aronde was the first car Simca take their production in one year more than 100,000 brand total Simca made a little less than 1 Arondes million in its production history of twelve Meanwhile Simca bought Unic in 1951, a company was founded in 1904 to build private cars, but ceased production with the outbreak of World war 2, and Ford subsidiary in France in 1954, giving them what is still their largest manufacturing plant in Poissy, Seine-et-Oise and Ford Vedette manufacturing rights.
The STAR was introduced by Ford after World War 2 and was fastback powered by a 2 2-liter 63 hp V8 introduced in 1936 Ford had also set up before the takeover, a Comet version with a body type sports coupe the 1953 models had the prime back and 1954 models a V8 power unit 3 9 liters and when Simca took over the 1955 models received a 80bhp version 2 V8 2 liter which continued in production as Simca Vedette.
Gradually, the Poissy factory began to take over the production of all models Simca in 1955 consisted of versions of the Aronde and STAR, with the production company this year Arondes 115646 and 42349 Nanterre Stars Work were finally delivered to Citroën in 1961. in 1956 Simca also bought the French subsidiary of Saurer, a company that was founded in Switzerland in 1897 to build cars engine, but had turned to the development of diesel engines and trucks in the first year of World war 1 the following year introduced Simca Ariane 4, a development of the Aronde and powered by the same power unit 1290 cc, but with the body of the V8 Sedans Featured.
In 1959 Simca bought their latest venture, Talbot, a company funded by the British, but production at a plant in Suresnes With an enviable list of competition successes behind them before the Simca takeover, the factory continued to Suresnes participate in races with motor Ford V8 coupe Although Talbot appeared at the Paris Salon in 1960 powered by a Simca Aronde engine - unfortunately, the car did not go into production and the Talbot name was soon dropped altogther a year earlier in 1958 Simca have sold 15 percent of their shares to the Chrysler Corporation of America and took the first step towards eventual full takeover.
Chrysler realize their share Simca by buying shares that had been allocated to the Ford Motor Company during the Simca-Ford SAF merger took place at the same time Chrysler has announced that its Australian factory in Adelaide build Arondes licensed for the Australian market again in the same year, the Simca Vedette received a 2351cc power unit 84 hp and so was the Ariane production FEATURED continued until 1961 when the constructed units totaled 166,895 if two versions was built under license in Brazil until 1967.
Development work was also continued throughout the financial negotiations on the range Aronde with 6HP model 1090cc introduced in 1959 with 7CV version of 1290cc and p60 versions 1290cc models of Aronde continuous production up in 1964, just as the Ariane models with 159.418 units had been built at the end of its production life in 1960, the first Simca company was split into two companies and car Simca Simca Industries, with Simca cars receiving the old Simca company all assets and facilities for the production of passenger cars and especially Poissy manufacturing plants.
Two years later Simca Automobiles produced their first new car in the new structure, Simca 1000 A rear sedan 944cc engine, 1000 were five crankshaft bearing, any independent round suspension, a speed of four all synchronized gearbox and had the radiator mounted next to the engine production began in late 1961 with an initial 9670 stock, but at the end of 1962 Simca had produced another 154282 and the end of 1973, the company built a total of 1,417,825 units When the car first went on sale in France, it was cheaper than the Citroen Ami 6 saloon was soon joined by a coupe Bertone style using the same power unit and the technical specifications.
In 1963, the Simca 900 was added in the range which was also supplied by the unit of 944cc, and this model has been joined by a 1300 version supplied by a unit of 1290cc and a version 1500 powered by a motor 1475cc the following year, a brake version was added to the beach it was also in 1963 that Chrysler Company raises its stake in Simca majority ownership participation of 64 percent and wherein M Georges Hereil was appointed President and CEO Simca next year Henri-Théodore Piggozi quietly died more in 1964, work began a new Simca car production plant in la Rochelle and the start of operations there in 1965.
Through the late 1960s and early 1970s the plant produced the front and rear suspension, components for engines and transmissions and shock absorbers At the end of 1965 Simca Cars handed over all their assets to a new company called Société des Automobiles Simca Thereafter Simca Industries contributed to the society of Automotive Simca the shares they held in the society of Automotive metallurgy and so the commodity plant is back under the control of Simca Cars Simca 900 ceased production the same year.
In 1966, the Simca 1000 became available with the option of a semi-automatic transmission with three speeds and Ferodo 1500 with automatic transmission Borg Warner, and Simca 1OOO van was introduced Chrysler Corporation increased their share of Simca to 77 percent in 1967. This year also saw the introduction of improved versions in 1300 and 1500 to become the 1301 and 1501 and the addition of the Simca 1200S coupe was powered by a 1204cc engine a year later introduced Simca their transverse mid-engine, front-wheel drive 1100 Powered by a 1118cc engine, the car was available in two and four-door trim and various standards, in addition to two brake versions.
The production of 1100 has passed the million in 1973. 1969 saw the introduction of austerity Simca 4CV was powered by a 777cc engine which gave the car a top speed of 121 km h; the Special 1000 with a unit of 1118cc; unit 1100 5V with 944cc of Simca 1000; and the special 1501 using the same engine of 1475cc as before but with greater performance The same Simca year Sports MATRA in the fold, the company that had been founded by Engin Matra to launch sports car engined Renault inherited the defunct concern Rene Bonnet and Cosworth-Ford updated engine Formula Three racing cars.
This Simca year automobile production amounted to 351.103 units compared to 206,751 in 1958, an increase of 69 percent in eleven years by now Chrysler increased its Simca share of participation to 99 3 percent, so in July 1970, changed the company name to Chrysler France, Simca launched one of the largest investment programs in their history to extensions were made to the Poissy plant of the pressing machine and assembly lines, as well as galvanizing, painting and trim workshops; Vernon a new warehouse of spare parts for commercial vehicles was built; Carrieres-sous-Poissy a new research center was built to replace the previous Argenteuil and a comprehensive modernization program was conducted in Mortefontaine the corporate field.
In addition, the La Rochelle plant was doubled in size and the decision was made to start work on a new assembly plant in Valenciennes All Simca cars after 1967 were the Chrysler Pentastar symbol but in September 1970 the first Chrysler model named 160, was originally launched by Rootes, the Chrysler company decided to export the design and jigs in France then import 160 in Britain Three versions are available, one is powered by a motor of 1639cc and the other two by a motor 1 8 liters in September 1971 M Gwain H Gillespie was named CEO of Chrysler France the following year saw the introduction of the Simca 1000 Rallye 1 with an engine of 1294cc and Simca 1000 and 1100 promotion.
1972 was also the year that the Simca Racing Team was formed and in June this year a Matra-Simca was driven to victory at Le Mans with Henri Pescarolo and Graham Hill-a feat that was repeated again in 1973 with Pescarolo again at the wheel, but with Larrousse as eo-driver in September 1972, the Simca Rally 2 was introduced in December the total production figures for a long period year has crossed the 500,000 mark for the first time in 'Simca history in early 1973 GH Gillespie was replaced by Franklin M Rogers as president and CEO and a month later, in February, automatic 2-liter Chrysler was introduced This was joined next month by three seats, two Simca Bagheera Matra doors that was powered by a transverse mid-engine 1294cc.
The same year, the new plant in Valenciennes went into production, and the number of Simca 1100. built past the million in December, it was announced that Matra-Simca manufacturer had won the World Championship, and the total production of Simca car since its formation has reached six million at the end of 1973 Chrysler France produced six versions of the Simca 1000; eight versions of the Simca 1100; two versions of 1301 and two in 1501, and the Chrysler 160, 180 and 2 liters This range exploited in the year 1975 energy crisis Since the introduction of the 1307 Simca 1308 to mid-1975 simple cosmetic changes was done at the end, however, the growing popularity of Bagheera-Simca Matra Simca contributed to a more modern essential image.
Unfortunately, however, Chrysler Simca and Rootes forced marriage was not happy, and Chrysler Europe collapsed in 1977 and the remains were sold to Peugeot the following year The Rootes models were quickly killed off, and the mountain-based Simca-1307 horizon and persevered in the first half of 1980, using the resurrected Talbot badge last car to carry the Simca badge was the Solara 1980 an 1307 with a boot, but in 1981 it had become a Talbot axing fully so Simca brand.
Engined Fiat 1100cc Simca Racer, photo in 1938.
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