Simca Rallye 2

Simca is a now-defunct French automobile manufacturer, which also produced cars in Brazil and Spain in the 1960s. Download high resolution version (1876x1201, 308 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1876x1201, 308 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Manufacturing is the transformation of raw materials into finished goods for sale, or intermediate processes involving the production or finishing of semi-manufactures. ...

The name SIMCA stands for Société Industrielle de Mécanique et de Carrosserie Automobile. The founder of Simca was Henri Pigozzi who at first manufactured Fiat models in France. The first Simca factory was in the French town of Nanterre. All this happened from 1934 up to 1951. Interestingly, despite France's being occupied during World War 2, Simca cars continued to be produced in small numbers throughout the conflict. The Simca Aronde was the first true Simca car (and not a Fiat replica) and was launched in 1951. It had a 1200 cc engine and its production reached 100,000 units yearly. After this success, Simca took over the French truck manufacturer Unic in 1951, the Poissy plant of Ford (France) in 1954 and in 1958 it bought the brand Talbot. Henri Pigozzi (Henri Théodore Pigozzi) (26 June 1898 - 18 November 1964), a car merchant and industrialist, was born as Enrico Teodoro Pigozzi is born in Turin, Italy. ... FIAT Group, or Fiat S.p. ... Nanterre is a French city, a suburb of Paris, and the prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine département. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... A cubic centimetre (cm3) is an SI derived unit of volume, equal to the volume of a cube with side length of 1 centi metre. ... Unic was a French car manufacturer firm founded by Georges Richard in 1906 after having left Richard-Brasier. ... Poissy is a commune of the Yvelines département in France, located 20km from Paris, with a population (1999) of 36,000. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Talbot is an automobile brand, whose history is one of the industrys most complex. ...

The American car manufacturer Chrysler Corporation, who wanted to enter the European car market, gained 15% of the Simca stocks (together with the British manufacturer Rootes), and all the Simca models manufactured after 1967 had the Chrysler pentastar logo as well. In 1961 Simca started to manufacture all of its models in the ex-Ford France factory in Poissy and sold the factory at Nanterre to Citroën. The Chrysler Corporation was a United States-based automobile manufacturer that existed independently from 1925–1998. ... World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... In financial terminology, stock is the capital raised by a corporation, through the issuance and sale of shares. ... The Rootes Group is a now-defunct British automobile manufacturer. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... The Chrysler Corporation was a United States-based automobile manufacturer that existed independently from 1925–1998. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Citroën is a French automobile manufacturer, started in 1919 by André Citroën, today part of PSA Peugeot Citroën. ...

The rear engined Simca 1000 was introduced in 1961.

The most successful pre-Chrysler Simca models were the Aronde, the Simca 1000 and the front engined 1100 compact car. During the late 1970s Chrysler era, Simca produced the new 1307 range (Chrysler Alpine in the UK) and later the Horizon, both of which were European Car of the Year on their launch. However, Chrysler's forced marriage of Simca and Rootes was not a happy one, 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 Simca-based Alpine/1307 and Horizon soldiered on through the first half of the 1980s using the resurrected Talbot badge. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... The Horizon is a subcompact hatchback automobile, designed by the European division of Chrysler from 1977. ... Car of the Year is a phrase usually considered to have been invented by Motor Trend magazine in the 1950s for their annual award for best automobile. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën. ... MacGyver - 1980s hero The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ...

Peugeot eventually grew tired of the Talbot brand, and the last Simca design was launched as Peugeot 309 (instead of Talbot Arizona as had been originally planned), and this was the end of this French brand. The Peugeot 309 used Simca engines until October 1991 when they were replaced by PSA's own TU and XU series of engines. The 309 was produced at the former Rootes factory in Ryton-on-Dunsmore, UK as well as in the Poissy plant. The Peugeot 309 is a compact automobile designed and manufactured by Peugeot between 1986 and 1993. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ryton-on-Dunsmore is a village and civil parish in the Rugby district of Warwickshire, located just to the South East of Coventry, England. ...

Simcas are still on the road in some European countries and were also manufactured in Brazil, Spain and Finland. Simca 1307/1308 was used as a prototype for Russian Aleko car produced by Moskvitch. The Moskvitch company denied the similarities with the Simca 1307. World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... POO ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Moskvich vehicles Moskvitch 403IE (1962) Moskvitch (Russian: Москвич) (sometimes also mentioned as Moskvich or Moskwitch, which means Muscovite) is an automobile brand from Russia. ...

In popular culture

The Spanish parody group Los Inhumanos released a popular party song titled Qué difícil es hacer el amor en un Simca 1000 ("How difficult it is to make love in a Simca 1000").

Les Chevaliers du Fiel French parody duo released a song titled Je te prendrai nue dans la Simca 1000.

The French singer Alain Souchon composes in 2005 a song that evocates a "Simca rouillée".

Models

• Simca 5
• Simca 6
• Simca 8
• Simca Aronde
• Simca Vedette
• Simca Ariane
• Simca 1000
• Simca 1100
• Simca 1300/1500-1301/1501
• Simca 1200s Coupé
• Simca Matra/Rancho
• Simca 1307/1308/1309
• Simca Bagheera

The Simca 1100 was an automobile built by Chrysler Europes division Simca. ... The Simca 1307 was a mid-sized hatchback car, sold by Chrysler in Europe and Talbot between 1975 and 1985. ...

External links

• A capsule history of the marque
• American Simca owners page
• Simcas in the Netherlands
• Dutch Simca/Matra club
• Brazilian Simca Club
• The Simca 8 site
• [1] Club Simca France
• [2] Simca 1000 rallye de légende